Gretzky sale raises $200,000 for private school

Photo courtesy of Greg Grudt/MATHEW IMAGING THE GREAT ONE- Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky autographs a stick during an estate sale at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village. Proceeds from the sale will help build Oaks Christian School's new baseball stadium as well as various programs at nearby Carden Conejo School.

Wayne and Janet Gretzky's estate sale benefiting Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village raised more than $200,000 to go toward construction of the school's new baseball stadium and various programs at nearby Carden Conejo School.

The Gretzkys' personal items, including home furnishings, recreational items, off-road vehicles, clothing and shoes, limited edition gamequality jerseys signed by Wayne Gretzky and signed bottles of his just released Wayne Gretzky Estate Wines, were quickly scooped up by shoppers who started lining up at 5:30 a.m. on Sat., Oct. 27.

A wine tasting and auction preview was held Oct. 24 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village. At the event, a signed hockey stick and photo went for $1,200.

Photos by JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers SOLD- Janet Jones Gretzky sits on a couch she sold at the Gretzky Estate Sale fundraiser at Oaks Christian School on Saturday. It raised money for a new baseball field and seating for spectators.

The new baseball stadium, to be built on the campus of Oaks Christian School, will include 300 elevated bleacher seats, a new player clubhouse, press box, concession stand and storage room.

The school has an agreement with the city of Westlake Village which allows for youth baseball, softball and soccer programs to the use the school's sports facilities after school hours and on the weekends. The partnership will allow the new baseball stadium to be available to youth sports groups such as Westlake Baseball's Pony League.

"The new baseball stadium will provide the youth in our community with one of the nicest baseball complexes in the state," said Tom Konjoyan, Oaks Christian vice president of development.

The Gretzkys have five children, including 15-year-old Trevor, who is a freshman at Oaks Christian.

SHOPPING- T.O. resident Warren Johnson sorts through sportswear after claiming a set of golf clubs at the Gretzky Estate Sale at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village.

The family owns a home in the Lake Sherwood area of Thousand Oaks.