Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/5/2019
Featuring Boston’s finest and originating from the incomparable autograph collection of E. Robert Hamlyn, we have a collection of three team-signed Bruins items from the 1950s including a pair of team photos (1956-57 and 1958-59), along with a program from the 1953-54 NHL season. Both photos are 8” x 10” glossy prints that have been signed in ballpoint, with 15 signatures on the 1956-57 example including HOF members Milt Schmidt, Fern Flaman, Leo Boivin and Allan Stanley, along with 15 signatures over the reverse of the 1958-59 team photo, including HOF members Boivin and Johnny Bucyk. The 1953-54 program has been signed in ballpoint on the cover by 19 including HOF members Schmidt, Woody Dumart, Bill Quackenbuch and coach Lynn Patrick. As an added bonus, an Oct 11 program from 1958-59 is included, with a ticket stub from the contest taped to the line-up page along with a pair of newspaper clippings.
The additional signers on the 1956-57 team photo include McKenney, Chevrefils, Labine, Stasiuk, Mackell, Toppazzini, Regan, Armstrong, Bionda and a few others. The additional signers on the 1958-59 team photo include Horvath, Mackell, McKenney, Stasiuk, Toppazzini, Armstrong, Regan, Hillman, Mohns, Johnson, Simmons, Gendron and a few others. The additional signers on the program include Peirson, Creighton, Klukay, Gardner, Labine, Mohns, Martin, Laycoe, Godfrey, Armstrong, Bodnar, Henry and a few others. Both photos show just light handling wear, with heavier wear to the signed program.
The E. Robert Hamlyn Hockey HOFers Signed Photo and Letter Collection
Beginning life as the passion of one youth growing up in Newfounland during the late-1930s, E. R. Hamlyn was bitten by the collecting bug as a teenager, and began to seek out the signatures of both contemporary and past hockey stars, with his efforts culminating in the world class collection of signed photos and letters that encompass his incomparable autograph collection, with many unique items and extremely rare signatures making up the vast collection.
Through effective letter writing, first to teams, and then when information was received, directly to the players themselves, Hamlyn would request the addressed parties sign a photo he himself would provide, with the overwhelming majority honouring the enthusiastic collector’s wishes. And enamored with the uniforms of both the Montreal Maroons and New York Americans – despite never seeing these teams play in person, Hamlyn had the foresight to seek out the signatures of past retired stars from long forgotten and defunct franchises. The insightful collector also recorded information now invaluable to his collection, with most of the signed letters and photos having dates listed when they were received back signed.
Numerous early Hall of Fame legends make up the one-of-a-kind gathering including signed photos from Dick Irvin, Steamer Maxwell, Frank Patrick, Clint Benedict, Alec Connell, Duke Keats, Frank Foyston, Moose Goheen and others, along with signed letters from Dickie Boon, Harry Hyland, Jack Marshall, Jack Ruttan, Joe Malone, George Hainsworth, Aurele Joliat, Cy Denneny and others. Impossible to duplicate, this is unequivocally the greatest autograph collection that we have handled in our 25 years of service to the collecting community.
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