A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
The first hockey card set ever produced and an absolute prerequisite to a Hall of Fame caliber cardboard collection, this complete set of C56 cards by Imperial Tobacco has been professionally graded by the SGC company, with all but four cards coming in at VG-3 or better. A trio of EX-5 cards leads things off and includes #5-Glass, 13-Decary and 27-Lake, while nine are slabbed VG/EX-4, highlighted by both Art Ross cards, as well as 14-Dunderdale, 16-Cattarinich and 30-Johnson. Also at VG/EX-4 are #s 4, 18, 24 and 35. Then comes a big group of VG-3 examples, with the most notable being #1-Frank Patrick, 2-LeSueur, 15-Taylor, 20-Russell, 21-Laviolette, 22-Hern, 23-Pitre, 27-Lester Patrick and 28-Moran. lso at VG-3 are #s 6, 7, 10, 11, 17, 19, 25, 29, 31, 32 and 34. Completing things are Good-2 cards of 3-Roberts and 9-Campbell, and Fair-1.5 examples of 33-Marshall and 36-Lalonde. Classic little treasures that launched hockey card collecting some 100 years ago deserve serious consideration and will render their new owner proud indeed!
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