Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2022
The first player in history to be a member of six Stanley Cup championships, Jack Marshall first starred with the Victoria Hockey Club of Winnipeg at the close of the 19th century before additional successful seasons with Montreal’s winged wheelers and Wanderers. Originating from the incomparable autograph collection of E. Robert Hamlyn, we have a rare handwritten letter signed by the 1965 HOF inductee. At 8” x 10”, the single page correspondence is dated “July 7-54”, with Marshall mentioning acquiring signatures at an oldtimers game for Hamlyn’s collection, with Earl Robinson and Ernie Russell also mentioned. Signing as JC “Jack” Marshall (John Calder) with the letter fully administered in black ink, the signature is flawless. There is also a pencil notation in Hamlyn’s hand, with holes punched along the top from prior binder insertion. Marshall would sadly pass in 1965 at the age of 88.
Beginning life as the passion of one youth growing up in Newfoundland during the late-1930s, ER 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 honoring 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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