A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Maurice Richard is the focus of this great lot of Montreal Canadiens memorabilia. A unique blue ceramic mug with "Royal Visit Hockey Game" etched on its face and "Canadiens vs. Rangers, Oct. 29 - 1951" on the other side was issued to players who took part in the game. The Rocket's signature graces a pair of 8" x 10" photos and Roch Carrier's "The Hockey Sweater" is one of six Richard books included here. Richard's facsimile signature appears on a mid-1950s Canadiens mini stick. He figures prominently in the nearly two dozen vintage newspaper photos included along with a small scrapbook chronicling some of his career exploits. Five vintage hockey guides from the 1940s and '50s are included along with three 1950s Blueline and Hockey Pictorial magazines with Richard on the cover. A ceramic tankard celebrates the Habs' 1979 Stanley Cup win and three other mugs honor the 1986 Cup, with eight 1980s Canadiens players posters included. A commemorative edition of Paris Match is one of six magazines honoring the Rocket's passing in 2000, including a pair of limited editions of Les Canadiens. The Rocket's death and funeral in 2000 are commemorated in eight original Montreal newspaper sections from the Gazette, La Presse and the Journal de Montreal.
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