Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction March 2010
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/16/2010
Jack Adams, Syd Howe, Bill Quackenbush and Harry Lumley make a total of four deceased Hall-of-Famers whose original signatures grace this autograph sheet signed by members of the 1944-45 Detroit Red Wings. Fellow HOFer Ted Lindsay has also signed at the outset of his great NHL career. Adams is the first to have placed his signature on a piece of "Olympia" letterhead that comes along with its original envelope in this reply to a Quebec fan's autograph request. Black fountain signatures that follow Adams' in turn are Normie Smith, Lindsay, Grosso, Quackenbush, Carveth, Hollett, Armstrong, McDonald, Ed Bruneteau, Mud Bruneteau, Wochy, McAtee, Liscombe, Howe, Simon, Jackson and Lumley. The envelope from the "Executive Offices, Olympia Incorporated" has a December 26, 1944 postmark from Detroit with its original cancelled "Win the War" 3-cent U.S. stamp.
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