Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
Publishing his first paid hockey article in a New York Rangers game program in 1970 that earned him a total of fifty ($50) dollars, from there, Frank Brown began his career as a journalist for The Associated Press, typically covering the Montreal Canadiens. Under the leadership of Stan Fischler, Brown stated he learned the "courage of my convictions" after being handed Gordie Howe's phone number. Moving on to the New York Daily News in 1980, where he would remain until 1998, when he joined the National Hockey League as a communication executive, a position he would hold with the league until his retirement in 2018. Awarded the 2019 Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame, offered here from his personal collection, we present this grouping of various programs, tickets and press passes and accreditations from the various NHL All-Star Games played between the 1970s and 2010s as well as press passes/accreditations from various NHL Entry Drafts and other league events. Starting with the All-Star Game based items, the grouping of media passes/accreditations, found in a variety of styles and sizes with many still retaining their original lanyards/laces as well as headshot images of Brown, includes examples for All-Star contests played in; 1976, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, all of which are found in overall good to excellent condition and showing just light wear in some cases from handling and use. Also including programs from the All-Star Games of 1976 and 1986 (shows some wear to the covers and crease to the front cover), the group also includes All-Star Game tickets from 1991 (All-Star Friday), 2000, 2015 and 2018 (skills competition and game). Moving on to the passes from NHL Entry Drafts, once again mostly all retaining their lanyards or laces and mostly all sporting headshot images of Brown while presenting in a variety of styles, examples are present from the years; 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Also including passes from other various events such as NHL Annual Congress, All-Star Fan Fest/Fair, NHL Research and Development Camp, NHL Awards and NHL League Meetings, other passes are included from various Kraft Hockeyville pre-season games, the NHL Centennial Classic and NHL100 event. All in overall excellent condition and mostly showing just light/expected wear from handling/presentation/wear, a Classic Auctions LOA will accompany the group.
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