2023-06-29 16:48:03
A jeweler in Quebec has gotten his hands on Mario Tremblay’s three Stanley Cup rings up for auction as well as the Molson Cup trophy for the sum of $126,240.
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The owner of Bijoux Medusa was able to claim victory on Tuesday evening after the stakes had risen quite a bit higher than he had imagined.
Mario Tremblay’s Stanley Cup rings on his fingers, Julien Duguay lifts the Molson Cup trophy. PhotoRichard Boutin
The 1977 ring sold for US$22,987; the 1978 one was sold for US$17,270 and the 1979 one reached US$25,286. The Molson Cup trophy (1982-1983) cost US$3,252.
To these amounts must be added auction fees of 20 per cent, taxes and conversion to Canadian dollars (1.33), bringing the total to $126,240 in Canadian currency.
“I managed the hat trick, imagined the owner Julien Duguay who went to Saint-Constant on Wednesday to take possession of his precious acquisitions. It’s one of my best career shots. It will become a good marketing tool and I will reach the hockey community. It will become a springboard for the sport. Sharing the news with my major clients, I received an offer of $50,000 for the 1977 ring on Wednesday, which I declined.
Mr. Duguay wanted to keep the lot intact.
“I don’t want to separate the rings and the trophy, he said to explain his decision to have declined the offer of one of his clients. I feel the lot is more valuable together. I was not aiming for a capital gain by buying the rings.”
The stakes fly away
There was an overbidding and the auction was extended for a few hours on the night of June 27.
“I was ready to pay $200,000 and even go to $250,000,” said the Saguenay native businessman. I wanted to buy all four sets and would have considered buying just one ring a defeat.”
“I was ready to pay more than the value because I will not sell the rings, to continue Mr. Duguay. It’s going to be collector’s jewelry that I’m going to display at the store in a display with the trophy.”
In the article by colleague Dave Lévesque published on the cover of our June 21 edition, the owner of Classic Auctions Marc Juteau expected to obtain between 10 and 15,000 US$ for each of the rings.
A message that started it all
After the publication of the text, Mr. Duguay was warned by a friend.
“My real estate broker sent me the text link telling me that it would look good in my jewelry store,” he said. Afterwards, I learned that Mario Tremblay was a guy from Alma. Because I am also a native of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and we opened our first boutique in Chicoutimi, it made even more sense to try to buy her rings. I entered the auction to win.”
The former striker and head coach of the Montreal Canadiens only kept his ring from the 1986 conquest, which he recovered after the death of his father. He lost that of 1976.
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