Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2017
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/7/2017
Exciting grouping of vintage hockey and sports memorabilia features eight programs, including six 1930s-1950s Maple Leaf Gardens programs, four of which are from Maple Leafs NHL games, as well as a pair of 1950s programs, one from a 1953 Rangers game at Madison Square Garden and one from a 1959 Canadiens playoff game against Chicago at the Forum. Also featured is the 1966-67 Maple Leafs Esso Hockey Talks complete set of 10 floppy vinyl records as well as a 1933 Goudey R319 baseball wrapper, four Quaker Oats photos (Max Bentley, Turk Broda and two versions of Ted Kennedy), and Bee Hive Group 1 photos of Broda and King Clancy.
Four (4) Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto Maple Leafs programs from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s:
Maple Leafs 1935-36 season opener vs. New York Americans on November 9, 1935
Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens on February 11, 1939 (very light vertical fold in the middle)
Maple Leafs 1942 Stanley Cup Playoffs program from Toronto’s 2-1 win against the New York Rangers in Game 4 of semi-final on March 28. Maple Leafs took 3-1 series lead and won series in six games. (very nicely preserved)
Maple Leafs vs. Rangers from October 18, 1952. (handling to cover with light creases, wear to spine and rusted staples)
Two (2) Maple Leaf Gardens amateur hockey programs from 1939 and 1941:
1939 All-Ontario Junior O.H.A. Final North Bay vs. Oshawa program with “MAR 25 1939” date stamp on cover.
1941 Memorial Cup Finals, Montreal Royals vs. Winnipeg Rangers at Maple Leaf Gardens on April 30. (missing pages 17-18, which appear to have been cut out, and the lineup centerfold pages are loose).
Two 1950s NHL game programs:
Madison Square Garden program from 1952-53 NHL season with complete January 3, 1953, Rangers vs. Boston Bruins lineup insert, including Chuck Rayner photo.
Incomplete Montreal Forum program from 1959 Stanley Cup Playoffs semi-final, Canadiens vs. Chicago Black Hawks, missing pages 25-32.
Toronto Maple Leafs 1966-67 Esso Hockey Talks set features complete set of 10 records in their original sleeves: George Armstrong, Johnny Bower, Dave Keon, Frank Mahovlich, Tim Horton, Bob Pulford, Brit Selby, Eddie Shack, Ron Ellis and Punch Imlach, plus the Maple Leaf Hockey Talks Album Esso 67 Hockey Caravan 1966-67 Stanley Cup Champions envelope, which is torn and missing portions on the one side.
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