Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/19/2023
Featuring players who competed in the National Hockey Association, the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and Ontario leagues, the C57 issue is undoubtedly the most challenging to track down and complete among the three early tobacco card sets, with its black and white images found by many to be somewhat haunting. Definitely riveting and thought-provoking, offered here, we present this near-complete set of the 1912-13 Imperial Tobacco C57's. Featuring 49 of the 50 cards that make up the checklist, missing only the cardboard of Bruce Ridpath, #28 in the checklist, the assembly presented here is paced by PSA graded offerings of Newsy Lalonde (GOOD 2), Fred "Cyclone" Taylor (GOOD 2), Tom Dunderdale (GOOD 2 - "MC"), Georges Vezina (FR 1.5), Joe Malone (FR 1.5) and Art Ross (PR 1). Of note, all the graded cards except for the Dunderdale have been freshly graded and recently received back from PSA headquarters but the Dunderdale is still housed in a recent style holder that shows light scratches over both sides worth mentioning for accuracy. For the rest of the set, all remaining in raw ungraded form, the examples of 12-Smith, 13-Lindsay and 38-Marks are viewed as being in the condition neighbourhood of GOOD+ and are followed behind by GOOD vicinity examples of 7-Dallaire, 14-Ronan, 22-Smaill, 26-Russell (HOF) and 29-Darragh (HOF). Featuring fifteen (15) cards in the range of FAIR, the largest group of the set, including those of 2-Broadbent (HOF), 3-Benedict (HOF), 9-Payan, 10-Vair, 17-MacDonald, 18-Moran (HOF), 25-Johnson (HOF), 30-Shore, 31-Lake, 33-Kerr, 34-Gerard (HOF), 37-Prodgers, 40-Boyce, 41-Patrick (HOF) and 46-Laviolette (HOF), cards seen as POOR include the likes of 4-Atchinson, 15-Cleghorn (HOF), 16-Hall (HOF), 19-Hyland (HOF), 24-Gardner (HOF), 24-Lesueur (HOF), 32-Currie, 36-Fournier, 39-Broughton, 42-Dennison and 45-Pitre (HOF) while AUTHENTIC scope examples include the likes of 6-Bernier, 8-Poulin, 11-Rowe, 21-Glass, 23-Roberts (HOF), 35-Kendall, 47-Oatman and 50-Cleghorn to conclude the set. Fascinating relics, sure to excite their new owner – this is a tremendous opportunity.
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