A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Vintage Maple Leaf Gardens programs from the 1940s through the end of the 1960s are featured in this huge lot of hockey and baseball publications. Junior Montreal Canadiens coach Sam Pollock and star winger Dickie Moore are listed in the lineup card in the center of a 1950 Gardens program. The Baby Habs faced Andy Bathgate's Guelph Biltmores in the Eastern Canada junior final as listed in the intact lineup card that has come loose from its staples. A 1949 Ice Capades MLG program is also featured among the eight Gardens programs included here. Armstrong is pictured holding the Stanley Cup on the cover of a 1962-63 program, and other 1960s covers feature Olmstead, Kelly, Stemkowski and Dorey. Jean Beliveau's black marker autograph graces his photo on the April 1960 cover of Hockey Pictorial. It is one of 33 hockey and baseball magazines featured here including general interest magazines such as LIFE with a sports cover, namely DiMaggio (1939) and Maris and Mantle (1961). Two copies of Bobby Orr's instructional album are including among four hockey LPs. Two TD Bank summaries of the 1972 Summit Series are included along with NHL pocket schedules for 1966-67 and 1969-70 (2). A 1953 Yankee Stadium ticket stub, a 1957 Giants-Packers program, Mantle and Gretzky comic books and 17 Hockey Hall of Fame postcards are among the other items that complete this varied lot.
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