MONTREAL - Paul Henderson's legendary hockey jersey fetched well over US$1 million at auction early Wednesday following a late surge of interest in the historic cloth.


The winner bid of US$1,067,538 was submitted by Mitchell Goldhar, the owner of SmartCentres, a private real estate development company based in Vaughan, Ont., north of Toronto


Marc Juteau, president of Montreal area-based Classic Auctions, says Goldhar's bid was the 42nd entered for the 38-year-old red and white jersey.


Juteau also said once the auction fees were factored in, the final price to be paid by Goldhar is actually $1.275 million.