The 2009 Montreal Centennial Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/24/2009
A three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Detroit Red Wings, Ebbie Goodfellow signed and personalized this fantastic original painting of himself by artist Carleton “Mac” McDiarmid. Goodfellow, who died in 1985, personalized his autograph, “To Mac, Very Best Wishes, Ebbie Goodfellow”, and also indicated directly on the painting that he signed it on June 12, 1978 at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel. A member of the Red Wings’ championship squads that became the first American team to win consecutive Stanley Cup titles in 1936 and 1937, Goodfellow added a third championship with the Red Wings in 1943. He was the last playing coach to lead a team to the Cup as he guided Detroit after Jack Adams was suspended for the playoffs. The 1940 Hart Trophy winner as league MVP, Goodfellow was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963. This gorgeous painting on 15 ½” x 13” professional illustration board is signed “Mac” by the artist and beautifully presented in a grey matte and mounted in a 20” x 16” silver-colored metal frame.
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