Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/28/2023
Featuring a 48-card checklist that included only players from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Maroons, O-Pee-Chee’s 1937-38 V304 Series “E” release was the fifth hockey product ever produced by the company. Found here in complete set form and sporting only purple bordered examples, the assembly is spearheaded by a group of six (6) freshly graded PSA specimens that include the cards of HOFers Charlie Conacher (VG-EX+ 4.5), Turk Broda (VG+ 3.5) and Toe Blake’s rookie (VG 3) as well as those of Gordon Drillon (VG+ 3.5), Aurel Joliat (VG 3) and Syl Apps (VG-EX 4). For the rest of the cards, all existing in raw ungraded form, are paced by EX range cardboard of 150-Siebert, 161-Beveridge, 174-Buswell RC and 177-Mondou while being followed behind by VG-EX neighbourhood cards of 149-Cude, 153-Mantha, 162-Shields, 163-Wentworth, 165-Robinson, 169-Blinco, 170-Ward, 171-Gracie, 172-Cain, 175-Voss RC and 179-Shannon RC. Including a total of twenty-three (23) cards that are viewed as being in the vicinity of VG condition, the examples of 135-Fowler, 136-Davidson, 137-Hamilton RC, 139-Jackson, 140-Boll, 143-Thoms, 144-Metz, 145-Kelly, 148-Smith RC, 151-McKenzie, 154-Gagnon, 156-Desilets, 157-Brown RC, 158-Drouin RC, 164-Evans RC, 166-Northcott, 167-Runge, 168-Trottier, 174-Marker, 176-Lorrain RC, 178-Goupille RC and 180-Cook RC are present while the set is rounded out by GOOD examples of 134-Horner, 146-Armstrong RC, 147-Chamberlain RC and 155-Haynes and PR copy of card #159 picturing Pit Lepine over the front. A classic pre-war set that is coveted by collectors, it is worth noting that duplicate cards of #172 Herb Cain and #180, the first year card of Tom Cook are include with the group, seen in the conditions of VG-EX and VG respectively.
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