Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2020
Current members of the Metropolitan Division in the NHL’s Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers have earned seven Division championships since their inception nearly a century ago along with a quartet of Stanley Cup champions. The club can boast a number of past legends, with Buddy O'Connor, Chuck Rayner, Andy Bathgate, and Mark Messier all winning the Hart Memorial Trophy while representing the Manhattanites. This lot contains a great Rangers’ postcard and team card collection of approx 653, ranging from the 1940s, to 2006-07, with 114 examples signed. Highlighted by the signatures of a number of past Rangers superstars including Harry Howell, Rod Gilbert, Bill Gadsby, Andy Bathgate, Eddie Giacomin, Babe Pratt, Bryan Hextall and others, this lot is ideal for the Blueshirt collector wanting to add to his immense holdings.
The breakdown for the items in the group is as follows. Late-1940s – 4 small snapshots showing Rangers players along with the “Eagles Nest” training facility, 1949-50 – 9 card stock player photos (3 ¾” x 4 ¾”), 1950s – 12 postcards including 9 signed with Howell (signed), Gadsby (signed), Bathgate (signed), Reise (signed), Lewicki (signed) and others, 1960s – 30 assorted team-issued player photos including Harvey, Hextall (older image), Ratelle, Seiling, Howell, Gilbert, Plante and others (many have stamps from Turofsky), 1961-62 – 8 blank-backed postcards, 1964-65 – 18 Rangers Coke cards (in 6 3-card unperforated panels), mid-1960s – 4 team-issued photos (7” x 9”) including Francis, Ratelle, Hadfield and Tkaczuk), mid-1960s to mid-1970s – 103 postcards/team cards and photo cards including approx 30 signed with Giacomin (signed), Geoffrion (signed), Henry (signed), Howell (signed), Villemure (signed) and others, with some duplication present, 1975-76 – 10 postcards including 2 signed (Vickers and Stemkowski), 1977-80 – 10 postcards including 3 signed, late-1970s/early-1980s – 32 black and white postcards including Espo, Greschner, Davidson, Gilbert, Duguay, Vanbiesbrouck and others, 1980s/90s – 265 colour postcards including 70 signed with Gretzky, Olczyk (signed), Nemchinov (signed), Mullen (signed), Maloney (signed), Hedberg (signed), Greschner (signed) and others, 1997-98 – 20 team cards including Gretzky, 1998-99 – 19 team cards including Gretzky, 1999-00 – 23 team cards, 2000-01 – 22 team cards including Messier, 2001-02 – 22 team cards, 2001-02 – 7 75th anniversary program inserts, 2002-03 – 27 team cards, 2003-04 – 23 team cards, 2005-06 – 3 team cards, 2006-07 – 12 team cards. The misc items include a 1930s postcard featuring the Bread Line (used, with 1934 postmark, light wear and a small edge tear), small photo card signed by Babe Pratt (3 ½” x 5” - signature has completely faded with just the impression visible), an Eddie Wiseman NY Americans program insert (8 ½” x 11” with light wear), a small photo card signed by Frank Boucher (3 ½” x 5”). A few photos signed by Emile Francis, a small photo card signed by Bryan Hextall (3 ½” x 5”), a Glen Anderson signed team card and much more. The majority of the remaining postcards/team cards in the collection are in beautiful condition with just very light handling wear.
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