Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2023
Members of the NHL Hamilton Tigers and the 1924 Olympic champion Toronto Granites star as the hockey offerings in this set of nifty little cards released in 1925 by Dominion Chocolates which originally came (one-a-package) with a Dominion Chocolate bar. Kids/consumers could snip and save the little tabs/coupons at the bottom of the cards and send them in for a variety of prizes (pucks, hockey sticks, footballs, dolls, skates, bats, etc.). Offered here as a group of twenty (20) 1925 Dominion Chocolate "Athletic Stars" cards with the redemption tab still affixed that includes 19 of the 32 needed for a complete hockey set. Led by a graded copy of card #95 picturing Newsy Lalonde that has been inspected by PSA and given a mark of VG 3, the rest of the cards, found in a raw ungraded state, include notables such as 117-Cleghorn (GD/VG), 118-Conacher RC (GD), 119-Joliat (PR), 89-Coutu (VG-EX), 106-Porter (VG/VG-EX) and 82-Forbes (VG-EX). For the others, those seen as being in a range of VG-EX include examples of 59-Ramsay, 60-A. J. McCaffery (x2), 84-Green, 92-Hughes and 112-North Bay while VG neighbourhood cards, each with a crease to make mention of, include 58-Rutherford and 81-Fraser. For the rest of the cards, found to be in the vicinity of GOOD condition despite each showcasing multiple creases, included are 13-World Hockey Champions, 56-Fox, 68-Aggatt, 70-Cameron and 101-Brydge. Missing cards 28-North Toronto, 35-Peterborough, 49-Owen Sounds Jrs, 55-Collett, 57-Munro, 61-Soo Greyhounds, 69-Smith, 83-Green, 86-Langtry, 103-Browne, 113-Somerville, 114-Watson & 120-Vezina for a complete hockey assembly, an interesting tidbit of information surrounding the small sized offerings is that although they are labeled “1925” by PSA, hobby veteran and author Bobby Burrell points to 1924-25 for this issue, the first of two multi-card sets paying tribute to Canada’s top athletic performers of the day. An excellent grouping to get your set off and running, don't miss out on these!
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