Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2019
Culled from weekly newspapers by overexcited youth during the Depression-era, we have an impressive collection of La Presse and Le Samedi Montreal Canadiens newsprint photos totaling 25, along with an especially rare example for Newsy Lalonde issued by the Montreal Herald circa-1910. Included, we have 13 La Presse photos (11” x 17 ½”) for 1927-28 including Morenz and Vezina, a trio from 1928-29 and a single example for 1929-30. This is followed by 9 full La Presse newspapers from 1927 to 1932 with Joliat (1927-28), Hainsworth (1927-28), Gagnon (1930-31) and Pit Lepine (1927-28 – Buckingham cigarette ad), along with a team photo for the 1938-39 Habs. Lastly, we also have 6 Le Samedi photos (9 ¾” x 14”) from 1928-29 including Joliat and Hainsworth, and a La Patrie photo of Bert Olmstead from 1951-52.
The additional Le Samedi photos include Burke, Lepine, Patterson and Leduc, while the additional La Presse photos include Gaudreault, Mantha, Larochelle, Hart, Gardiner, Patterson, Gagne, Leduc and Langlois for 1927-28, Burke, Mondou and G. Mantha for 1928-29 and Fraser for 1929-30. The majority of the photos exhibit wear associated with newsprint handling including edge tears, toning and slight brittleness, with a few examples in low grade. The Lalonde photo exhibits a few large horizontal creases and toning, with a few small stains along the bottom section. The Hainsworth and Joliat full newspapers remain in excellent condition with just the original fold line the main concern, while the Vezina photo is in beautiful condition – rarely seen in this grade – with just a pair of tiny edge tears. The Morenz photo exhibits heavier toning along with a few edge tears and creases, with two small areas of paper loss.
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