Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2021
Numerous nifty hockey-related cards comprise this intriguing collection, with a hockey player among the ten athletic subjects depicted on a 100-year old strip card that has survived in pleasing crease-free condition – wow. Worn corners on the nearly 15-inch long relic are to note, but mighty cool indeed. A crisp 1956 Adventure Gum card with an artist’s rendition of Gordie Howe threatening the Rangers’ Chuck Rayner is EX+, while two big Hygrade Frankfurt cards of Montreal Royals players are from the same year and are PSA-graded; goalie Gerry McNeil’s example is GOOD 2 (MK), with the same qualifier present with André Corriveau’s VG 3 card. From the early-1960s are three thin (creased) cards that were available with Patterson’s Long Fellow candy bar ,with a neat clipped ad accompanying them. A little card showing action at the Montreal Forum between the Canadiens and Bruins was part of a 66-card “Centennial” set issue by Lyons “The Tea”, with an accompanying ad informing of the promotion. Popular among Canadiens collectors are little almost-square cards from IGA’s Series 2 set from ’67-68, with cards of Richard, Larose, Harper and Grant (MC) present here and having survived in attractive collectible condition (there’s a subtle light bend in the Richard and Harper examples). Also from an IGA promotion but the 1970s is an intact game card of Toronto Toros’ goalie Les Binkley, while completing are Colorado Rockies “Puck Bucks”. There’s an uncut sheet of five that includes team captain Simon Nolet and headband-wearing enforcer Steve Durbano, along with 20 “halves” (two-card panels that have been separated). Actually, two other cards complete the varied lot and picture a helmet-wearing 1958-59 Topps (rookie) card of Charlie Burns (EX) and a modern card of Craig McTavish, the last NHL player to play without a helmet. Our consigner sure had an eye for interesting oddball collectibles – kudos!
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