Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/18/2019
Lots of encapsulated cardboard to tell you about in this lot, with PSA doing almost all of the grading. We'll lead with the rookie card lineup, led chronologically by a 1951-52 Parkhurst RC of Hall of Famer Fernie Flaman, slabbed "5 Excellent" by Beckett. Other RC highlights (PSA-graded) are '69-70 O-Pee-Chee 138-Tony Esposito (VG-EX 4), (3) '71-72 OPC 133-Marcel Dionne (EX-MT 6 (OC), VG-EX 4, VG-EX 4), '78-79 OPC 115-Mike Bossy (EX-MT 6) and '82-83 OPC 380-Dale Hawerchuk (NM-MT 8). .....Parkhurst cards from the 1950s include three from '52-53; 44-Ted Kennedy at VG-EX 4, 55-Fogolin (VG 3) and 71-Laycoe (VG 3), with '54-55 15-Floyd Curry (Lucky Premium Back) at VG-EX 4 and '58-59 17-Charlie Hodge at PR 1. A pair of All-Time Greats from Topps' '60-61 issue are 26-Dit Clapper (EX 5) and 2-Paddy Moran (VG-EX 4). .....The WHA is represented half a dozen beauties from '74-75, including a MINT 9 of 37-Mike Antonovich, while five NM-MT 8s include 64-Jacques Plante, the checklist (#53) and 47-Ralph Backstrom. A checklist from OPC's '73-74 NHL set (#129) is slabbed VG-EX 4. .....Other rookie cards (all O-Pee-Chees) are '68-69 159-Bill Flett (VG+ 3.5), '71-72 175-Reg Leach (EX 5), 203-Bob Kelly (EX-MT 6), (4) '71-72 207-Rick MacLeish (one EX-MT 6, three EX 5s), '72-73 277-Rick Kehoe (NM 7), '77-78 211-Mike Palmateer (EX 5), '81-82 148-Larry Murphy (EX 5). '84-85 129-Pat LaFontaine (VG-EX+ 4.5) and '88-89 122-Brendan Shanahan (EX 5). .....Notables among the remainder are Bobby Clarke's second-year OPC card ('71-72 #114) at VG-EX 4 and a modern pack pull of Steven Stamkos (2008-09 SP Authentic Sign of the Times #STSS), graded 9 MINT by Beckett, with the company considering the signature a "10 Autograph". Other cards are pictured below, with none of the holders throughout showing any unsightly scratches/flaws.
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