Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2020
The catalyst of the improbable WHA, the million dollar contract offered to NHL superstar Bobby Hull to jump ship and leave Chicago for the windy city of the north ensured the rebel league would be taken seriously by the hockey world at large. The Winnipeg Jets would serve as a charter member of the WHA and would play in each of the league’s seven seasons before the NHL merger in 1979. The club would relocate to Phoenix for the 1996-97 season. Included in this lot, we have postcards for each original Jets NHL season (1979-80 to 1995-96) totaling 448, accompanied by an additional three partial sets with albums for 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1995-96 for a total of approx 533 Jets postcards. The Phoenix postcards total approx 246, for a grand total within the collection of approx 779. The breakdown for the Jets postcards is as follows. First, 1979-80 – 28 colour postcards (postal reverse) including Hull, Ferguson, Lukowich and others, 1980-81 – 23 black and white postcards including Lidstrom, Lukowich and others, 1981-82 – 13 black and white postcards including Hawerchuk (rookie), Steen, Smail and others, 1982-83 – 28 colour postcards including Hawerchuk (2 different), Savard, Steen and others, 1983-84 – 25 colour postcards including 5 signed, 1984-85 – 28 colour postcards, 1985-86 – 23 colour postcards, 1986-87 – 26 colour postcards, 1987-88 – 28 colour postcards including 3 signed, 1988-89 – 31 team cards, 1989-90 – 34 Safeway team cards, 1990-91 – 36 IGA team cards, 1991-92 – 33 IGA team cards, 1992-93 – 35 Cheetos team cards including Selanne (rookie, signed), 1993-94 – 36 Ruffles team cards including 3 signed, 1994-95 - 1995-96 – 26 team cards. The Coyotes cards include 1996-97 – 35 Coke team cards, 1997-98 - 34 Coke team cards, 1998-99 – 30 team cards, 1999-00 – 30 team cards, 2000-01 – 26 team cards, 2001-02 – 24 team cards, 2002-03 – 37 team cards and 2003-04 – 30 team cards. The majority of the postcards in the collection display beautifully with just light handling wear.
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