Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2013
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/5/2013
The majority of scarce Group 2 Bee Hive photos on the wantlists of collectors are present in this remarkable collection, full of highlights. Among the leaders are “light background” variations of Gilles Tremblay, George Armstrong and Eddie Shack, as well as the black scripted Red Berenson. Others, by team and with that team’s total in brackets are: Boston (14 – Godfrey W left of skate, Klukay, Johnny Peirson, Sawchuk, Simmons (Defelice), Chicago (6 – Costello, Hull #9, Rollins vertical), Detroit (7 - Conacher, Hall, Poile), Montreal (11 – Campeau, Robertson (on a red Group 1 mat), New York (7 – Cahan away, (right skate), Paille, Plante, John Ratelle) and Toronto (17 – Apps, Bionda, Hurst, Don and Nick Metz, Reid, Stanowski). Condition-wise, typical light to moderate handling and wear is to mention, with most falling into the VG+, VG-EX and EX grades with some lesser and some better. In short, each and all would be welcomed into the vast majority of Bee Hive collections. We spot just two suspect backings, those of Montreal’s Dube and Toronto’s Maloney. Photos completing the formidable lineup picture Bruins Barry, Bodnar, Connelly, Creighton, Godfrey W under skate, Pennington, Perreault and Stapleton, Blackhawks Kennedy, Lunde and Maki, Red Wings Bucyk, Enio, Hillman and Quackenbush, Canadiens Couture, Hanna, Hodge white script, King, Litzenberger and Lowe, Rangers Bower, Glover and Labossiere and Maple Leafs Bathgate, Ceresino, Conacher, Barry Cullen error, Hassard, McCormack and Solinger. “Phew” is what we say and “Yes!” is what you’ll say when these arrive!
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