The autographed last NHL jersey ever worn by Wayne Gretzky sold for $715,120 with Grey Flannel Auctions on Sunday night.
It was the highest sale price for a U.S.-based hockey jersey, eclipsing Mike Eruzione's 1980 "Miracle On Ice" jersey that sold for $657,250 in 2013.
Gretzky wore the record-setting No. 99 jersey while scoring his 2,857th and final NHL point as a member of the New York Rangers on April 18, 1999. No other player in NHL history has reached 2,000 points.
The jersey was displayed in Madison Square Garden's "Defining Moments" Museum from 2016 to 2019, but this auction is the first time it was offered publicly, including a photo-matched letter from authenticator MeiGray and Rangers-letterheaded testimony from John Rosasco, the former and longest-serving head of communications in Rangers history supporting the jersey's veracity.