GUEST: This jersey, from my understanding, belonged to Virgil Johnson, who is my husband's grandfather. And he played for the Chicago Black Hawks in 1937, '38. And that year was the first year that they played for the Stanley Cup. And the story is, is that this was the jersey that he wore during those game series and that they had actually won the Stanley Cup that year.
APPRAISER: You're partially right.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: In 1938, the Black Hawks played for their second championship.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: And they won. Mr. Johnson played 25 games for them during the regular season, played ten games in the playoffs, and ultimately, as we know, helped them win their second championship. The emblem is the third in the Blackhawks' history. It's a wool jersey from the 1938 season. And this jersey hails from the time when "Black Hawks" was two words. Now it's "Blackhawks," all one word. We're used to seeing baseball jerseys from this era. I've never seen a hockey jersey from this era. What we notice are some condition impediments. We have some moth holes and some toning. I will ascribe the toning to both usage and the passage of time.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: It's a Spalding jersey. It's a nice piece. What we have is ultimately a museum-quality jersey. I think what you would expect at auction is a value of $7,000 to $10,000.
GUEST: Oh, wow. Wow. (chuckling) That's exciting.
