Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/20/2020
Especially noteworthy as the second NHL team graced with the presence of Wayne Gretzky, the Los Angeles Kings began life as one of the original expansion clubs in 1967, with a pair of modern Stanley Cup championships won by the Kings in 2012 and 2014. A number of superstars have served under the crown, including Rogie Vachon, Luc Robitaille and the linemates of Marcel Dionne, Charlie Simmer and Dave Taylor. This lot contains a great Kings postcard and program card (insert) collection of approx 340, ranging from the first season in 1967-68, to 2007-08, with 84 examples signed. The breakdown for the items in the group is as follows. 1967-68 – 4 JD McCarthy postcards (Wall -2, Smith, Gray), 1971-72 – 13 blank-backed postcards with 8 signed including Vachon, Howell (signed), Backstrom (signed) and others, 1976-77 – 1 postcard (Kannegiesser), mid-1970s – 1 JD McCarthy Marcel Dionne postcard, 1977-78 – 4 Kings Alta-Dena hockey cards (Dionne, Taylor, Goring and Murphy), 1980-81 – 5 JD McCarthy postcards with 1 signed (Harris), 1984-85 – 16 blank-backed signed postcards including Taylor, Vachon, Dionne and others, 1984-85 – 23 Kings Smokey the Bear cards, 1986-87 – 25 blank-backed postcards, 1987-88 – 3 blank-backed postcards with 2 signed (Dionne and Simmer), 1991-92 – 1 blank-backed signed postcard (Miller), late-1980s/early-1990s – 58 postcards with 23 signed including Gretzky (3 different – none are signed), Kurri, Robitaille, Robinson (signed) and others, 1990s – 40 Target postcards with 15 signed including Gretzky (not signed), Robitaille (signed), Hrudey (2 different – both signed) and others, 2001-02 – 1 program card, 2002-03 – 21 porgram cards, 2003-04 – 21 program cards, 2005-06 – 21 program cards, 2006-07 – 20 program cards, 2007-08 – 37 program cards. There are also roughly 10 signed additional items (Taylor, Murphy, etc, and an additional 24 misc. Gretzky postcards. The overwhelming majority of the items remain in beautiful condition with minimal wear, with most of the signatures on the signed examples displaying well with no issues.
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