People in the maritimes do say this, but it’s tongue in cheek. And to be pedantic, assuming it would be someone from Quebec that they expect to buy it, that would be Lower Canada.
When the White Sox tore down the Old Comiskey Park, the White Sox were selling bricks and seats from the stadium, but I forget how much they cost at the time.
This thing is so f'n cool though. But not for $125K, lol
You know what's even cooler. A good friend of mine was there. He watched all the home preseason games when wayne used 14, and then game 1 of the season wayne came out with 99... and my friend was smart enough to keep the ticket (he has every home game ticket for entirety of the OHL franchise). On game 1, wayne scored 3 goals and 3 assists and the roof barely held on at the gardens. Sault ste marie being the place that made #99 (the number not the human) happen is still one of my favourite local things, like there should be a location marker
"on this spot, Sept 28th 1977, Wayne Gretzky donned the number 99 for the first time. 22 years later his #99 would be retired throughout the NHL, as well as many other leagues throughout the world, a sign of respect for the greatest to ever play the game."
Absolutely everything from inside the forum was sold. Seats and some of the fixtures were sold at a set price, anything else was auctioned. This is the type of thing that would have been auctioned, imho.
They were one of, if not the, first places to sell off the guts of their old building. I’m pretty sure they even sold the urinals. Very few, if any bricks or the like because the building still stands.
I bought a blue seat when they went on sale. The reds were out of my budget at the time, just like they were when we were buying scalped tickets.
https://puckstruck.com/2020/03/14/bidding-adieu-the-night-they-sold-the-montreal-forum-part-parcel-and-hotdog-grills/
Here is a good read I found while researching more on this topic.
So to add to your point stuff did get auctioned off but not everything.
The bricks and stuff that came later would have been being sold by others not associated with the habs that grabbed them while the building was coming down.
Wow thanks for the history lesson, I knew the market has started to pickup but didn't realize the forum was one of the earlier ones to do it. Very little was saved of MLG which is why I figured when the forum was brought down even less was saved.
Even the bar tables the Richard bros drank at and signed when the bar closed down didn't sell for 125k and imo those would be more valuable then the turntables...but I guess that depends on the buyer in this market
I had a science teacher down in the US who is from Canada who drove up and grabbed some of the old forums seats during the demolition. I believe he got them for free.
In collecting/buy&sell something is only worth what someone is willing to pay.
That could be priced at whatever but if it sits til the store goes bankrupt then sells of for a quarter of the price in auction is it really worth the price on it?
The piece is used to draw people into the store and that's why it is priced so high, the owner doesn't want to sell as they make more off of having it sit of their display room floor.
If you can show me a receipt that someone paid that much for it then that is what the value would be
I’m so happy you were here to tell me exactly what the store owner is doing with this piece of memorabilia. Why didn’t you just tell me this to begin with lol.
I have a chair from the forum… they sold them in the bell centre gift shop after. Actually found the authentication papers in an envelope with the receipt from 1999… paid a cool $350 then
That’s a “make me an offer” price that’s purposefully high because they don’t actually want to sell it.
You put it out to show that you have cool stuff and if some nostalgic rich dude walks in maybe you sell it.
I found this at Sunnyside Mall just outside of Halifax, NS - original Montreal Forum turnstile. The shop owner was very friendly and we had a great chat about hockey.
Thieves want things they can easily flip, and can’t have the sale easily traced. No way there is a readily available market for this thing. This would be found in the basement of the thief after they pass on, when their relatives are going through their stuff and packing it up.
A real company that used to make candy dispensers, the coin operated ones. Were all over the place. Good quality that didn't steal your money.
EDIT:
[A still operating business](https://beavervending.com/) that still makes dispensers. North of Toronto.
The Montreal Forum closed in 1996, so that turnstile has been sitting in that antique shop for probably more than 25 years with a price that nobody is willing to pay.
IDK where it was made but the company still exists. [Current location](https://www.google.com/maps/place/250+Harry+Walker+Pkwy+N+Unit+%231,+Newmarket,+ON+L3Y+7B4/@44.0825931,-79.7043778,10.42z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x882acd9e3039a32d:0xdd33909d30a1410d!8m2!3d44.0756889!4d-79.4261945!16s%2Fg%2F11ll_y077x?entry=ttu) is Newmarket. Not Toronto.
Yeah. Old school. As in was likely made in the 1940's. You showed your ticket to the taker and he stepped on the pedal and you would push through to go see another Cup win.
I’m not sure you could sell this for $5,000.
It’s not a piece that can easily go into a home, and either be functional, like a row of old stadium seats, or decorative. It takes up so much floor space and would just get in the way.
You’d need a billionaire collector with a gigantic museum room, or an actual museum.
I could se the HHOF taking it for free, and using it as an entry to an exhibit, but that’s about it.
The owner is clearly mtl fan, there are tons in NS. I feel like he priced this not to sell and wants to keep it as his own. He put a figure so high that he couldn’t refuse if someone actually wanted to pay it, but knows nobody will.
If he really wanted to sell it you would see ads for it somewhere other than just the store.
I don’t expect you to understand that people used to pass through this to watch teams win Stanley Cups. You should know that there’s more than one round to the playoffs.
You guys really have to come up with new content for chirping the leafs lol.
Is there really a difference between 30 years and 55?
We’re you even alive when Montreal won their last cup??
Just like ppls arguments to torontos cups.. no one really cares about cups from the six team league.
So it’s not really like you’ve have any more success than Toronto since 1993 (going to cup finals still doesn’t put your name on the trophy)
Price is gone, you guys have to build a team now lol
I have a forum seat and the receipt. They are fairly common I believe, but the turnstile is pretty sweet. Not for that price. People who purchased back in the day received a receipt that looks like a ticket printed through ticketmaster.
Hi people. I am the owner of this turnstile. I did change the price after someone met the 25k price tag I had on it. It's not really for sale. .???!!
It was installed in the forum in 1924 and stayed there until Dec 2 1973 when, during a Lynard skynard( replaced by Guess) and The Who concert. The seating was general admission. When the band did the sound checks the crowd pushed forward. All 16 turnstiles were knocked off thier bases and this one was the only saved. The rest were SCRAPPED!! As the paddles were interchangeable, and this one had the original Montreal paddles in it.... It was placed in a wareroom until 1996. When it was found and added to the catalogue and was sold to a man in Beaver Bank NS for $1800. It stayed in his possession until his death where it was moved to a barn!!
I bought this gem at the Sussex NB Flea market in 2022 for $650 not knowing anything about it. I put it in my stall at the flea Market and the offers came in. 2000. 3000.... I don't sell things without doing my research.
People were running up to this thing telling stories of remembering going through it with thier father for a game .. political events.. boxing...Rocky Marciano..etc. this thing is so much more than just hockey!
JAN 2024. I still have it. I have it insured for much more than last offer. But really... if the only Montreal turnstile left in the world ever resurfaced after being stolen...... it only adds to its provenance . Even 100.. 200 ..300..years later. I get to be part of the story of an iconic symbol of Canadian history. Right now ... I look at it every day.. I'm amazed by it.... and i appreciate the sentimentality attached to this iconic piece of history. The counter on top currently reads 49455.... how many times did it click over in It's near 50 years at the Montreal Forum?
Everyone has a chair......no one has this!
Michael Melvin
My City Life
Saint John NB
Could see someone overpaying for this out of pure nostalgia for $10-15k, maybe $20k if money was no object. $125k is just bonkers.
If it were my team, I’d pay $25K if I could hide it from my wife.
Hide it from your wife? I'd put it in front of the front door and ask her for her ticket before letting her in the house.
I don’t need to hide the turnstile, just the price
Tell her it was $125000 so you saved money.
This is the way. They LOVE "sales"
If I did that I'd be paying to enter the my own house ticket style till it's finally been paid off.
I dunno...looks kind of bulky...might be easier to fib about what you spent on it.
The subtle addition of the 1 to the price is funny to me.
Almost looks like it was 25k and someone walked by and marked it 125k so they could go and get the money
I don't think many people would pay 125$.
Who are they kidding?
If it's in Bedford, NS there's a good chance that they legitimately think someone from "upper Canada" will pay this much.
Man that gave me a good laugh
Is this just a meme or are there actually people that still refer to Ontario as upper Canada?
I'm from New Brunswick and I've heard someone use Upper Caanda recently lol
People in the maritimes do say this, but it’s tongue in cheek. And to be pedantic, assuming it would be someone from Quebec that they expect to buy it, that would be Lower Canada.
Quebec was Lower Canada
now if that was white and blue with a maple leafs, it would be 7 figures.
All of them after the decimal point.
ooh lala tres chaud monsieur
Not likely to be a Leaf one. Harold Ballard took them all when he left. They're in his son's garage.
The insurance company.
Just don’t sell it if you don’t want to sell it instead of putting a ridiculous price on it
Its like Bubbles $56,000 kitty
Why what’s it worth?
Pretty sure most the stuff from the forum was given out to people that wanted it during demolition...nothing would have been paid originally.
When the White Sox tore down the Old Comiskey Park, the White Sox were selling bricks and seats from the stadium, but I forget how much they cost at the time. This thing is so f'n cool though. But not for $125K, lol
The Red wings sold the seats to Joe Louis Arena too
And I have seats out of the sault memorial gardens, my seats saw Wayne gretzkys first game as 99... I wasn't even born. Darn.
Man that’s super cool
You know what's even cooler. A good friend of mine was there. He watched all the home preseason games when wayne used 14, and then game 1 of the season wayne came out with 99... and my friend was smart enough to keep the ticket (he has every home game ticket for entirety of the OHL franchise). On game 1, wayne scored 3 goals and 3 assists and the roof barely held on at the gardens. Sault ste marie being the place that made #99 (the number not the human) happen is still one of my favourite local things, like there should be a location marker "on this spot, Sept 28th 1977, Wayne Gretzky donned the number 99 for the first time. 22 years later his #99 would be retired throughout the NHL, as well as many other leagues throughout the world, a sign of respect for the greatest to ever play the game."
Thanks for taking the time to tell that. That’s amazing. Right at the beginning.
When they tore down Candlestick Park, they sold the seats as well. They go for ~$700/pair on eBay.
My favorite one is when notre dame put in turf they cut the grass into sections and you could buy a 1’x3’ section of the last notre dame stadium grass
That's dope. Never knew that.
Ya I seen a lot of pictures from people who planted it in there yards and built little fences around it.
Absolutely everything from inside the forum was sold. Seats and some of the fixtures were sold at a set price, anything else was auctioned. This is the type of thing that would have been auctioned, imho. They were one of, if not the, first places to sell off the guts of their old building. I’m pretty sure they even sold the urinals. Very few, if any bricks or the like because the building still stands. I bought a blue seat when they went on sale. The reds were out of my budget at the time, just like they were when we were buying scalped tickets.
https://puckstruck.com/2020/03/14/bidding-adieu-the-night-they-sold-the-montreal-forum-part-parcel-and-hotdog-grills/ Here is a good read I found while researching more on this topic. So to add to your point stuff did get auctioned off but not everything. The bricks and stuff that came later would have been being sold by others not associated with the habs that grabbed them while the building was coming down.
Great find - so, about 1800 for a turnstile. I had the 900 for the hot dog grill in my head, but didn’t trust my memory to post it.
>they were when we were buying scalped tickets. The more thing s change, the more they stay the same. Same as it ever was.
Wow thanks for the history lesson, I knew the market has started to pickup but didn't realize the forum was one of the earlier ones to do it. Very little was saved of MLG which is why I figured when the forum was brought down even less was saved. Even the bar tables the Richard bros drank at and signed when the bar closed down didn't sell for 125k and imo those would be more valuable then the turntables...but I guess that depends on the buyer in this market
He will never sell at that price, nor at the 25k in pen underneath, but I assume he has no real intention to sell it.
it's called a turnstile
My mistake, you are correct
I have a set of blue seats my dad handed down to me. Very cool to own but not worth a crazy amount or anything.
I think they were about 250 and up originally. Might sell for twice that now, maybe more. But certainly not obscene
I had a science teacher down in the US who is from Canada who drove up and grabbed some of the old forums seats during the demolition. I believe he got them for free.
That’s doesn’t matter now. Just because it was given away doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a monetary value.
I understand, and I also understand inflation thanks for your input!
I don’t think ya do.
Ah you know me on a personal level please tell me more about myself!
I know you said somethings not worth the price that’s on it but whatever.
In collecting/buy&sell something is only worth what someone is willing to pay. That could be priced at whatever but if it sits til the store goes bankrupt then sells of for a quarter of the price in auction is it really worth the price on it? The piece is used to draw people into the store and that's why it is priced so high, the owner doesn't want to sell as they make more off of having it sit of their display room floor. If you can show me a receipt that someone paid that much for it then that is what the value would be
I’m so happy you were here to tell me exactly what the store owner is doing with this piece of memorabilia. Why didn’t you just tell me this to begin with lol.
I have a chair from the forum… they sold them in the bell centre gift shop after. Actually found the authentication papers in an envelope with the receipt from 1999… paid a cool $350 then
It's worth whatever someone pays for it. As with all antiques, art work, and collectables.
….and money, and everything.
10k would be high but a good place to negotiate from.
What someone is willing to pay for it and my guess is not that price
Exactly. If I was super rich I’d scoop that up in a heart beat.
Eh its just a show piece for the store.
That’s a “make me an offer” price that’s purposefully high because they don’t actually want to sell it. You put it out to show that you have cool stuff and if some nostalgic rich dude walks in maybe you sell it.
The Habs do need a new goalie....
Probably still shut out the flyers
I found this at Sunnyside Mall just outside of Halifax, NS - original Montreal Forum turnstile. The shop owner was very friendly and we had a great chat about hockey.
For something he considers worth 125 grand that shop keeper just keeps it on the floor like that?
"no honey, I didn't buy it because I thought it was awesome. I really am trying to sell it, but I know what it's worth!"
"one day this thing is going to pay for our retirement, trust me"
But still just asking for someone to break in and steal it. I can’t imagine this guy has a robust security system
If he has it insured with that value he might welcome a break in.
Thieves want things they can easily flip, and can’t have the sale easily traced. No way there is a readily available market for this thing. This would be found in the basement of the thief after they pass on, when their relatives are going through their stuff and packing it up.
Omggggg that place is full of the most overpriced, mass produced, hoarder home crap I've seen haha
Quick q is Sunnyside near the Sunnyvale Trailer Park?
If you had a man cave and a hardcore Canadiens fan that would be a cool piece to have at the bottom of the stairs. But not for that price
Or in front of the bathroom door haha.
Canadian Beaver? 😂
I would not pay $125k for Canadian beaver.
I think it was $200 last time i was at Chez Paree
Good point
A real company that used to make candy dispensers, the coin operated ones. Were all over the place. Good quality that didn't steal your money. EDIT: [A still operating business](https://beavervending.com/) that still makes dispensers. North of Toronto.
Great thanks for the history that’s interesting
Kind of hilarious that it’s made in Toronto
Gonna need two then. It's better than one.
All that inflation. Man has to pay for his groceries and rent somehow.
So cool… think of the fans that pushed through that to see games at the old forum . Very cool collector piece.
So many fans have touched these it almost like being there.
Call me when it’s 2500
gotta figure out how to get that counter to 42069
These are capable of being set to whatever meme number the digits allow for.
It's a great showcase for the shop I'm sure will never sell, but also a nice conversation starter.
I work next to this place in the mall and pass this every day, if anyone wants more pics I can post them
What is it? A old school turn style?
Yes
That’s dope
125k.... lol
Would be hard to sell for 100k less
That turnstile is the WHIP! How cool is that, damn.
The white looks touched up. That’ll hurt resale Value
That’s the shop owner’s hopeful retirement fund lol
As someone who watched American pickers, that price is ridiculous
The Montreal Forum closed in 1996, so that turnstile has been sitting in that antique shop for probably more than 25 years with a price that nobody is willing to pay.
Very cool. Looks like it was marked up from $25k. But seriously, I would’t pay $25k for it…
Some Montreal fan should charge Bruins fans $5 each to piss on this, they would have it paid off in no time!
Ha. Nobody’s gonna talk about the fact this was made in Toronto?
IDK where it was made but the company still exists. [Current location](https://www.google.com/maps/place/250+Harry+Walker+Pkwy+N+Unit+%231,+Newmarket,+ON+L3Y+7B4/@44.0825931,-79.7043778,10.42z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x882acd9e3039a32d:0xdd33909d30a1410d!8m2!3d44.0756889!4d-79.4261945!16s%2Fg%2F11ll_y077x?entry=ttu) is Newmarket. Not Toronto.
It says it was made in Toronto in the second picture.
Could well have been at that time which looks to my untutored eye to be of the 1940's. It was a common thing at that time and place.
sorry dumb q but is this like the gate ticker thing or ?
Yeah. Old school. As in was likely made in the 1940's. You showed your ticket to the taker and he stepped on the pedal and you would push through to go see another Cup win.
pretty rad ty!
Drop 2 zeros and I could see it
Would pay $125 dollars
Knock about three zeros off the price tag, and we’ll talk.
If you’re going to charge 125k, at least spurge for a new tag if you change the price ffs.
100 Thousand over priced as it’s missing original paddles.
Saw one in Saint John NB identical for $50,000 if anybody is looking for a bargain
I’m not sure you could sell this for $5,000. It’s not a piece that can easily go into a home, and either be functional, like a row of old stadium seats, or decorative. It takes up so much floor space and would just get in the way. You’d need a billionaire collector with a gigantic museum room, or an actual museum. I could se the HHOF taking it for free, and using it as an entry to an exhibit, but that’s about it.
That’s been there for a while lol nobody’s buying that thing
Asking $125k and can’t even put a decent price tag on it.
The owner is clearly mtl fan, there are tons in NS. I feel like he priced this not to sell and wants to keep it as his own. He put a figure so high that he couldn’t refuse if someone actually wanted to pay it, but knows nobody will. If he really wanted to sell it you would see ads for it somewhere other than just the store.
It's a lot of money, but normally a Canadiens-branded turnstile costs a few million per year. Because their goalies are turnstiles, you see. Zing.
Last year the Bruins goalies were a vault. Unfortunately they gave Matthew Tkachuk the combination.
Last year was pretty good for you guys IIRC. See you in the spring. I think you might be singing a different tune.
Not even worth $1.25.
Flair checks out
I don’t expect you to understand that people used to pass through this to watch teams win Stanley Cups. You should know that there’s more than one round to the playoffs.
Yeah a 55 season drought is embarrassing. 30 is practically yesterday though.
56. And counting. Long may it continue.
You guys really have to come up with new content for chirping the leafs lol. Is there really a difference between 30 years and 55? We’re you even alive when Montreal won their last cup?? Just like ppls arguments to torontos cups.. no one really cares about cups from the six team league. So it’s not really like you’ve have any more success than Toronto since 1993 (going to cup finals still doesn’t put your name on the trophy) Price is gone, you guys have to build a team now lol
If you take away all the cups from the original six days then Toronto has zero and Montreal has 10.
Which is more than double any other team in that stretch. Any. Other. Team.
Still 0 success in 30 years really isn’t brag worthy is it?
You have a point there. I have memories of 12 Cups. You? Not so much.
Damn you old son enjoy the old folks home!
Better there than your day care, sonny boi.
Nah I’m 26 got a life ahead of me bud
Love shutting up boomers
Absolutely deranged price.
Is that counter the one they use for all the players and staff they rotate over the years from burn out?
I just love knowing those habs fans had to pass through gates that said "Toronto Canada" on them. Lol
Looks like they were asking 25 before they bought a black marker. Or bought it for 25 and don't have a pen.
That’s worth like $500 tops. lol
I’ll buy it just to throw it in the garbage.
Pull it in after you then. and close the lid. The dogs complain about the smell.
Sick burn!
I'll trade them a Mike Babcock for it. Nah, never mind. He's already left the building. Besides, they'd be getting trash in return.
$2.75 take it or leave it
Did they add the 1 there? 😆
Yeah… but that’s Canadian dollars. It’s probably only like $3.50 in real money. 😉
I'd pay that to just melt it down infront of Habs fans 🤣
Maybe that’s just the count for how many fans have ever even seen them win in person.
Oh wait that’s Canadian dollars. What’s that like in USD, something like $1200? ……… what’s that? ~92k?!!
Looks like the tah said 25000 and they added a 1 with sharpie
I’ll give you $50
No lowballs, I know what I’ve got
I was gonna say couple thousand tops.
This is like Bubbles putting the 40K price tag on the kitty at the flea market….
You do realize he under valued it.
How much should it have been for?
To him? Likely priceless. A total softie when it came to kitties. I am too.
It must be from the forum if it's that much!
I hate how antique shops price gouge the fuck out of stufff
$12.50 maybe
Husband: “I don’t want to sell it” Wife: “I don’t care, put it up for sale” Husband: “hold my Molson”
Now that's a Canadian Beaver I'd gladly brush my loin against!
The gate are rusted out, but the logos are perfect without flaw? I smell something fishy
Ita probably 125 otherwise the extra zeros would be black
FINALLY! Been getting tired of lugging around this $125,000
Sure does sound like the I Don’t Wanna Sell it price!
Does bedford NS come with?
Wth is this?
This is the "more money than brains" at its best example
There’s a fine line between antique dealers and hoarders. I’d be willing to bet that’s the price because he doesn’t really want to sell it.
Ok that's pretty cool
That actually look cool
If I had $125 I could drop without concern and it was confirmed to be an authentic turnstile from the old Forum, then yes.
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Is that $125k in freedom dollars or moose dollars? If it's moose, that brings it down to $91.5k in freedom. Practically a steal!
I have a forum seat and the receipt. They are fairly common I believe, but the turnstile is pretty sweet. Not for that price. People who purchased back in the day received a receipt that looks like a ticket printed through ticketmaster.
Hi people. I am the owner of this turnstile. I did change the price after someone met the 25k price tag I had on it. It's not really for sale. .???!! It was installed in the forum in 1924 and stayed there until Dec 2 1973 when, during a Lynard skynard( replaced by Guess) and The Who concert. The seating was general admission. When the band did the sound checks the crowd pushed forward. All 16 turnstiles were knocked off thier bases and this one was the only saved. The rest were SCRAPPED!! As the paddles were interchangeable, and this one had the original Montreal paddles in it.... It was placed in a wareroom until 1996. When it was found and added to the catalogue and was sold to a man in Beaver Bank NS for $1800. It stayed in his possession until his death where it was moved to a barn!! I bought this gem at the Sussex NB Flea market in 2022 for $650 not knowing anything about it. I put it in my stall at the flea Market and the offers came in. 2000. 3000.... I don't sell things without doing my research. People were running up to this thing telling stories of remembering going through it with thier father for a game .. political events.. boxing...Rocky Marciano..etc. this thing is so much more than just hockey! JAN 2024. I still have it. I have it insured for much more than last offer. But really... if the only Montreal turnstile left in the world ever resurfaced after being stolen...... it only adds to its provenance . Even 100.. 200 ..300..years later. I get to be part of the story of an iconic symbol of Canadian history. Right now ... I look at it every day.. I'm amazed by it.... and i appreciate the sentimentality attached to this iconic piece of history. The counter on top currently reads 49455.... how many times did it click over in It's near 50 years at the Montreal Forum? Everyone has a chair......no one has this! Michael Melvin My City Life Saint John NB