Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2021
Featuring the many rinks and venues of our national sport, this lot offers a large hockey arena postcard collection totaling approx 597. The Original Six teams are most represented as expected, with multiple postcards (some are identical, some have subtle differences) for a number of historic buildings including Boston Arena and Boston Gardens (30), Chicago Coliseum, Chicago Stadium and the United Center (80), Montreal Forum and Bell Centre (13), Madison Square Garden (60), Maple Leaf Gardens and the Air Canada Centre (30). For the Red Wings, there are seven vintage card stock photos (8" x 10") of the Olympia including showing construction and the ice surface, with seven small 3 ½” x 4 ½” photos of the venue being demolished in 1986. The balance of the collection includes approx 370 postcards for venues for the following NHL cities; Anaheim, Atlanta, Buffalo, Carolina, Calgary, Cleveland, Colorado, Columbus, Dallas, Edmonton, Florida, Hartford, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Nashville, New Jersey, New York (Islanders), Oakland, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Quebec, San Jose, St Louis, Tampa Bay, Vancouver, Washington and Winnipeg. We should note that many of the postcards are modern and advertise a particular venue, with the majority exhibiting light to moderate wear.
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