February 22, 201511 yr A sweater bought last year for 58 cents at a Goodwill store sold Saturday night in an auction in New York City for $43,020. That sweater, with West Point on the front and the word "Lombardi" written in black ink on a cotton swatch sewn inside, turned out to be owned and worn by Vince Lombardi when he coached from 1949 to 1953. The historic Lombardi sweater worn by the great coach was bought in June 2014 in Asheville, North Carolina, by Sean and Rikki McEvoy of Knoxville, Tennessee. They sell vintage clothes online. "I picked it up and thought it was cool," McEvoy told ESPN.com on Saturday night. "At first, I thought it was a basketball warm-up." As is the case with Goodwill outlets, the sweater was weighed for cost and McEvoy got change for $1. "I didn't see the Lombardi tag when we walked out with it or I might have made a connection," McEvoy said. "My wife saw it but she didn't know who that could be." At the request of the Wannamaker family, Heritage Auctions is donating the money it collects from the seller, said to be nearly $4,000, to Goodwill. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/12362216/sweater-once-owned-vince-lombardi-was-bought-goodwill-sells-auction-43020
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