Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2022
Featuring mostly the New York Rangers and Islanders, we offer an excellent Stanley Cup playoffs program and pass collection spanning from 1977 to 1994 and totaling 21 pieces, with each from games attended by Allen Abel in his roll as a sports journalist. The collection includes 6 Stanley Cup finals programs, 3 Quarterfinals programs and 4 Preliminary Round programs, along with associated passes. The programs include the 1976-77 Preliminary Round Game 1 Pittsburgh vs Toronto with Abel's Penguins pass included (April 5, 1977), 1977-78 Preliminary Round Buffalo vs Rangers (April 13, 1978), 1978-79 Preliminary Round Rangers vs Los Angeles (April 10, 1979), and 1979-80 Preliminary Round program from April 8, 1980 (Toronto vs Minnesota), followed by 1976-77 Quarterfinals Toronto vs Philly (for the Spectrum games, April 11, April 13 and April 19), 1977-78 Quarterfinals Islanders vs Toronto with Abel's Game 1 and Game 2 Nassau Coliseum passes stapled to the interior (April 17 and April 19, 1978), and 1981-82 Conference Finals Quebec vs Islanders with Abel's Game 2 finals pass stapled to the interior (April 29, 1982). Lastly, the best programs include 1977-78 Stanley Cup finals Boston vs Montreal with Abel's Bruins media pass stapled to the interior (for the Montreal Forum games, May 13, May 16 and May 23), 1978-79 Stanley Cup finals Rangers vs Montreal (program for the MSG games, May 17th and May 18th), 1978-79 Stanley Cup finals Rangers vs Montreal (program for the Montreal Forum games, May 13, May 17 and May 19), 1979-80 Stanley Cup finals Game 2 Islanders vs Philly with Abel's Spectrum pass and Islanders Stanley Cup finals passes stapled to the interior (May 15, 1980), 1980-81 Stanley Cup finals Islanders vs Minnesota with Abel's Stanley Cup finals pass stapled to the interior (for the Nassau Coliseum games, May 12, May 14 and May 21), and 1993-94 Stanley Cup finals Rangers vs Vancouver (for the MSG games). The lot also contains a 1989 Rangers Playoffs pin. The majority of the programs show light to moderate handling wear, with no issues for the passes.
Covering the world's greatest sporting endeavors for half a century which included serving for a decade on Capitol Hill and in the briefing room of the White House, longtime journalist, sports columnist, producer and on-air television correspondent Allen Abel has traveled to over one hundred countries, witnessing epic battles and accomplishments from the press box; from Ali vs Fraser, to the Miracle On Ice, the genesis of Gretzky, to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Winning six National Magazine awards for political, travel and sports writing as a contributor to numerous publications including Sports Illustrated and Maclean's, Abel was also an on-air host, narrator, writer or producer on dozens of documentaries for HBO, Discovery, National Geographic, Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC and others. Abel has also authored a number of non-fiction works including 'The Short Life of Hughie McLoon — A True Story of Baseball, Magic, and Murder'
We are pleased to offer a number of desirable and seldom-seen items from Abel's personal 50-year sporting journey, including programs, media guides, tickets, press passes, autographs and much more, along with an impressive grouping of Olympic material personally acquired while working at a dozen Olympic Games.
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