The 2009 Montreal Centennial Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/24/2009
Henri Richard is the focus of these nine original photographs, including eight from the 1971 Stanley Cup playoffs and one of him and Larry Robinson celebrating the Pocket Rockets record 11th Cup win in 1973. This sensational lot includes eight original Sports Illustrated prints from the 1971 playoffs. With the all-telling lens of SIs photographers trained on him, Richard emerged as one of the Canadiens heroes in the teams stunning run to the Stanley Cup that spring. Six of the photos are action shots of Richard taken at Boston Garden during Montreals stunning first-round upset of Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito and the rest of the Big Bad Bruins. Richard has autographed and written in black marker Stanley Cup 1971, mai 18 / 71 on the two other original Sports Illustrated prints of the Canadiens Stanley Cup celebrations in Chicago. A sweat-drenched Richard has a towel draped around his neck in an intimate post-game photo. The other shot shows Beliveau hoisting the Stanley Cup surrounded by reporters and photographers, with Lapointe pumping his fists skyward beside him and the rest of his teammates Roberto, Tremblay, Frank Mahovlich, Cournoyer, Tardif, Dryden, Ferguson, Vachon, Houle, Richard, Peter Mahovlich, Rochefort, Harper, Lemaire and Larose visible amidst the celebration. The reverse features a huge blue ink stamp from Sports Illustrated indicating on both prints that John Jaqua was the photographer who took both photos. A grainy Montreal Star print from the 1973 Stanley Cup celebration shows Richard holding the Cup while Robinson plants a kiss on the cherished award.[red] Will come with an LOA from M. Henri Richard [/red]
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