A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
This great collection features memorabilia from Canada's return to international hockey in the early 1970s, beginning with the first appearance of the country's top professional players in the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union. An empty bottle of Seagram's V.O. Canadian Whisky has a label that reads "Complimentary bottle presented on the occasion of Team Canada Hockey Series in U.S.S.R. September 22, 24, 26, 28, 1972" still in place on the back of the bottle. Original Hockey Canada programs for the 1972 and 1974 Canada-U.S.S.R. series, an official home TV program for the Moscow games of the 1972 Summit Series, 10 books about Team Canada competing in the Summit Series and the Canada Cup tournaments and a complimentary program for a Team Canada intrasquad game leading up to the 1976 Canada Cup are featured. A "'72 Complete Ultimate Collector's Edition" box set includes an eight-disc DVD set of the 1972 Summit Series games, a gold coin and a 38-card limited edition collector card set. A sterling silver dollar issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 1997 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series remains sealed in place in its plastic cover in its original package. The collector pin from the set is included, but it has been removed from the package. Original game programs feature 11 from each of the Canada Cup tournaments, including three from the inaugural 1976 Canada Cup, four programs from the 1975-76 NHL-Russia series, one from the 1976-77 WHA-Russia series, and another from the 1977-78 NHL-Russia series. Wayne Gretzky is pictured in the back row of a 14" x 11" team photo of Team Canada at the 1981 Canada Cup. The Izvestia tournament's snowman mascot is screened onto each glass in a set of six drinking glasses. Canada Cup memorabilia include a bronze medallion from the inaugural 1976 tournament, a hockey player figure and a Lucite paperweight from Canada Cup 1981, a Canada Cup '84 medallion, and a collector set of six pins.
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