Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2022
All games attended by Allen Abel in his role as a sports journalist, we offer a collection of vintage programs, publications, media guides, pins and pucks totaling 80. Included, we have 38 NHL programs ranging from the late-1960s to mid-1980s, with 14 sporting the matching ticket stub/press pass stapled to the interior. A few of the early-1970s examples are missing their insert booklets (these held the line-ups). Highlights include a 1974-75 Bruins program vs Kansas City with Bruins press pass, a 1972-73 Blues program vs Toronto with ticket stub, a 1969-70 Bruins program vs Philly with ticket stub, a 1980-81 Jets program with season press pass, 1977-78 Cleveland program vs Toronto with Barons information pamphlet, 1977-78 Black Hawks program vs Toronto with Press Box ticket, 1970-71 Red Wings program vs Chicago with ticket stub and others. There are also a trio of additional programs including a 1974-75 Seals vs Islanders preseason program. The lot also features 1970-71, 1971-72, 1977-78 (with training camp guide + Christmas card), 1980-81 and 1984-85 Black Hawks media guides, a 1984-85 Whalers media guide, 1979 Russian "Mockba" book, 1971 Philadelphia Flyers "Humor in Hockey" booklet, 1974 Flyers "No 1" booklet, and four Rangers 1975 NHLPA place mats. The pins include Chicago (1970s), Toronto (1980s) and Quebec (1980s), with the pucks to include a 1994 All-Star Game souvenir puck and 1999 "Last game at MLG" souvenir puck. Lastly, there are also four 1970s sports magazines and a copy of the large hard cover book "Sports Illustrated - The Hockey Book".
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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