A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Offered here is a complete run of all 182 original issues of the fondly remembered Hockey Pictorial magazine. Beginning with the October 1955 cover featuring Montreal Canadiens star Jean Beliveau and running through the April 1980 edition with St. Louis' Brian Sutter on the magazine's final cover, all of hockey's greats during that 25-year span were featured on the magazine's covers including Orr, Richard, Howe, Clarke, Lafleur, Potvin, Mahovlich, Keon, Esposito, Hull - the stars just go on and on! Stan Mikita's original signature graces two covers. Extra copies of the November 1958 nd March 1964 issues are included here, with one of the latter featuring Pierre Pilote's autograph on his cover. Fascinating hockey images of the era fill these pages along with great writing that spans a sensational era that begins in the midst of the Original Six and carries on through 1960s expansion and on to the addition of WHA teams in 1979. This is a unique opportunity to put together a complete run of the late and lamented Hockey Pictorial magazine that the game's fans couldn't wait to see arrive in their mailbox back in the day, and that collectors still can't get enough of nearly 30 years after its demise.
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