The jersey that Paul Henderson wore when scoring that historic goal is currently being auctioned and is set to become the most expensive piece of hockey memorabilia ever sold. It is currently up for sale at Classic Auctions.

Is the Paul Henderson jersey worth $250,000 or more? The short answer is “yes.” The oldest rule in the collecting world is an item is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. So if someone is putting down hundreds of thousands on the Henderson ‘72 Series jersey – than that’s what it’s worth.

In the sports memorabilia world – while the physical item the collector is buying may be a jersey, stick, or puck. What the collector is really buying is a piece of history.

And People collect history. It can be argued that Henderson’s ‘72 Summit Series winning goal is one of the most celebrated and historic hockey moments in Canadian history.

If the Henderson ‘72 Canada jersey does indeed top $250,000 (and as of June 15th – it’s sitting at $232,000) it would make it the most expensive piece of hockey memorabilia ever sold.

A jersey from Wayne Gretzky’s career is believed to have traded hands privately for $250,000. Just a month ago, a sweater from the rookie year of Bobby Orr fetched almost $200,000 at an auction.

There has been much debate on what should happen with the Henderson jersey. A majority feeling it should end up in a Hall of Fame somewhere. The hardware retailing giant, Canadian Tire, recently bid $200,000 for the jersey feeling it would be a nice item to display on a tour around it’s stores (and no doubt, a massive publicity coup in the process.) But when some media complained that might not be such a good idea. Canadian Tire dropped out of the bidding.

UPDATE (June 23): There was some furious bidding at the end between two bidders but the Henderson ‘72 Jersey was sold for $1,067,538 last night – more than double any of the most optimistic estimates before the auction began. The winning bid (comes to over $1.2M after all auction fees factored in) was submitted by Mitchell Goldhar, owner of SmartCentres.

The Henderson ‘72 jersey sale becomes the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of hockey memorabilia.

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Auction listing for Henderson ‘72 Jersey at Classic Auctions.

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It’s good to see Formula 1 racing back again at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Canada. When F1 suddenly departed the famous Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Montreal Ile Notre-Dame after the 2008 Grand Prix – many thought F1 racing was finished in Canada for good. But it has made a triumphant return for 2010.

HoundsTV has many fond memories of spending the exciting Formula 1 week in Montreal – especially during the late nineties when the names of Jacques Villeneuve & Michael Schumacher ruled the track. Villeneuve’s 1997 Formula 1 World Championship win over Schumacher stands as one of the greatest sporting moments in Canadian history.

After a practice session in the lead up to the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix – Jacques Villeneuve autographed this Villeneuve family poster (Jacques is the little boy in front of dad Gilles.) Officially licensed & printed by the Gilles Villeneuve museum in Montreal [$169.00] The poster is professionally mounted on 26″ x 38″ board and is ready for frame and glass.

ITEM: THE VILLENEUVE FAMILY official poster of the Gilles Villeneuve museum in Montreal. Autographed by JACQUES VILLENEUVE. (Poster in excellent condition and mounted on 26″ x 38″ board – shows slight wear at edges but a frame and glass would make like mint.)
PRICE: $169.00 CAN + $30.00 (S&H in North America) **Just 1 remaining in-stock.
SIGNED: June, 1998 – Montreal, Canada

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Legendary Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Roberto Alomar was in Toronto recently to accept various honors and launch his new line of clothing and accessories – Roberto Alomar’s Second-2-None.

This June, Alomar will also become one of Canada Sports Hall of Fame’s newest members (but we all know Alomar fans are really waiting for next year when Robbie will be inducted into the only Hall Of Fame that matters – Baseball’s)

When Alomar was launching his new line at Sear’s in Toronto – he also debuted a new logo – a silhouette graphic image of Alomar’s arms up reaction to hitting arguably the Blue Jay’s biggest home run ever (and yes, I’m including Carter’s in that opinion. Sure Joe won the whole damn thing with his swing. But Robbie’s blast off an unhittable Dennis Eckersley in the ‘92 ALCS slayed serious demons for Toronto and set the stage for everything to follow.)

Roberto’s wife and son Robertito were accompanying him while greeting fans at Sear’s Eaton Centre.

Roberto Alomar autographed for HoundsTV this offically licensed photo file 8″ x 10″ color photo of Alomar in his famous “arms up” pose after hitting the home run off Eckersley ($59.00 – with MLB hologram.)

Alomar would eventually be named Most Valuable Player of the 1992 American League Championship series and provide Toronto fan’s one of their most cherished sports memories ever.

ITEM: ROBERTO ALOMAR autographed 8″ x 10″ official licensed Photo File photograph from ‘92 ALCS (Mint condition. MLB hologram on bottom right corner. Comes in Photo File protective sleeve. Signed in blue sharpie. HoundsTV watermark graphic does not appear on actual photograph.)
PRICE: $59.00 CAN + $7.50 (S&H in North America) **Just 1 remaining in-stock.
SIGNED: May 28, 2010 – Toronto, Canada

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VIDEO: HoundsTV What’s the fastest you’ve been driving? “About 280.”

(HoundsTV – Toronto) The annual Gumball 3000 Rally hit the streets of Toronto as the cars (and their eccentric drivers) rolled onto Yorkville ave. to a large gathering of auto enthusiasts and fans.

The Rally has become very popular with the rich and celebrity crowd. Participants in this years race include David Hasselhoff, actors Michael Madsen and Idris Elba. Rappers Xzibit and Eve. Besides having to have a top notch car, the entry fee for the Gumball 3000 is $30,000 per two-man team.

The Gumball is also starting to get a bit of a reputation from authorities. Highway police don’t really like unauthorized car races speeding through their towns. One Gumball 3000 racer was pulled off Highway 401 travelling east to Toronto from Quebec City. The driver immediately lost their license and was charged with excessive speeding, stunt driving and the Gumball car impounded.

The cars leave Toronto and make their way to the end of their 7 day destination, New York this weekend.

The stick Sidney Crosby used to score the Gold medal winning overtime goal over Team U.S.A. has gone missing.

After Crosby scored, he ripped off his gloves and threw his stick in the air. As reported by the Toronto Star. “When they cleared the ice, I never got my stick or gloves,” Crosby said after the game.

Now, Hockey Canada is investigating and really wants to see the stick returned. It’s a piece of Hall Of Fame worthy memorabilia now. Investigators are looking through all television and venue video footage in hopes of spotting who could have grabbed the stick from the ice. “We have some leads,” is all Hockey Canada’s Scott Salmond would say.

As for the Sid The Kid’s gloves – one of the gloves was returned to Hockey Canada from a fan who caught it when Crosby threw it OVER the glass.

HoundsTV has discussed this with a few people today and is wondering…

Was the fan not within their rights to keep Crosby’s glove?

Unless their are specific rules stating otherwise, we think the glove is fair game once Crosby threw it over the glass into the crowd. Like a historical home run in baseball.

If Crosby’s stick was snatched from the ice surface or in the locker room – that is clearly theft and his stick should be returned. But a glove thrown over the glass?

The person who got Sid’s glove might be feeling pretty good today about returning it to Hockey Canada. We thinks they needlessly gave up a $25,000 piece of historical memorabilia.

“Of all the things, I got my mouthguard back. I don’t know where (the other equipment) is.” – SIDNEY CROSBY

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar with the Olympic Torch on Yonge St. just north of Wellesley in downtown Toronto. Kumar’s Olympic torch run was delayed as protesters were blocking Yonge St.

The Bollywood star was personally invited to Canada to participate in the torch relay by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his recent visit to India. Kumar is one of the most high-profile celebrities to carry the torch and is meant as a way to strengthen tourism ties between the two countries.

(HoundsTV) Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vernon Wells makes an appearance at the Jays Shop in Sears during Monday afternoon of December 14th. Around this same time, news would be breaking that Well’s star teammate and ace pitcher Roy Halladay was being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Just a couple days before this store signing, Wells gave a wide-ranging interview to MLB.com where the topic of trading Roy Halladay was discussed:

“I haven’t talked to him about it,” Wells said, “but I think everybody kind of knows Doc’s heart and what he wants. It’s been said many times, obviously, if this organization is going to be in a position to win soon, this is where he wants to be. He loves Toronto. He loves the clubhouse. He loves the guys. ” – VERNON WELLS, TO MLB.COM

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Since we love autographs at HoundsTV -we couldn’t help be taken aback for a second when visiting Tiger Woods official website for a read of his latest cowardly statement (aren’t Tiger’s meant to roar, not hide?)

Interesting of Tiger to feature his own, big, bold autograph just before his “infidelity” statement.

It is well known and documented that Tiger Woods is one of the WORST signing athletes of this generation. An almost impossible autograph to acquire in-person. He simply just does NOT do it.

So if your looking for sympathy about Tiger’s latest ordeals and the losing of sponsors by the day – don’t look to the autograph hounds. They are actually quite enjoying the whole Tiger Woods saga.

(HoundsTV) Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt has had a crazy last two years – with record-breaking events all over the world. But now Bolt is looking for a little time off his sprinting exploits and has returned to his native Jamaica for a break.

But Bolt admitted in an interview with Reuters he does have trouble trying to be just a regular guy in public.

“If I go out to an event I can’t get five minutes just to chill out, everyone is always asking me to take pictures, coming up to me wanting autographs and so on,” – USAIN BOLT, Reuters