The Jacques Laperriere Auction - Fall 2008
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2008
Although he never witnessed a championship game, Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor General to Canada, purchased for the price of ten guineas a trophy bearing his name for presentation to the amateur hockey champions of Canada. The Stanley Cup has since become the symbol of hockey supremacy. As Lord Stanley died in 1908, his autograph is usually absent from even the most complete of Hall of Fame signature collections. This two-page letter, penned entirely in Stanley’s hand, has been elegantly signed at the bottom “Derby” and dated “May 3/97” on Derby House, St. James Square stationery. One fold, otherwise excellent, in terms of condition.
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