Priceless collection of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia stolen in Saskatchewan

The Great One's biggest fan in Saskatchewan is reeling after finding his collection of priceless Wayne Gretzky memorabilia has been stolen.

Emma Lake, SK resident Aron Gratias moved his vast collection to a storage container after his family had moved recently and was shocked to find that criminals had broken into the unit and raided it recently. Gratias reports that high value items like tools and household goods had been left untouched, but his entire collection of Gretzky memorabilia was gone.

“I think they were specifically after the collection and it seems to be all they went for,” Gratias said to Global News.

Gratias lost close to 10,000 hockey cards, including a PSA 8 Gretzky O-Pee-Chee rookie card valued at $20,000. All in, the items stolen in include:

Gratias estimates the total value of goods stolen to be close to $100,000.

"The majority of items were personally signed to me, for me, along with autographed pictures of my face and my families faces in them," Aron Gratias wrote.

"This collection was worth way more then just money to me, it was priceless and a true passion, it was never meant to be sold; it was meant to be passed down to generations and future generations."

"I feel bad for my children, it was theirs," Gratias said defeatedly.

Local RCMP are asking second hand stores and pawn shops to be on the lookout for the potentially stolen merchandise. Unfortunately though... I don't think Gratias is going to receive any justice in this case. 

“My biggest fear is that it’s going to hit a dumpster or a landfill,” he said.

See below for some photos of this incredible collection:

Man, my heart goes out to this guy. I can't imagine how he must be feeling after years and years of dedication to building this collection, just to see it disappear because some low-life helped himself to your personal belongings. Heartbreaking.