Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2022
Finishing 11 points ahead of second-place Montreal while losing only 19 contests, the Detroit Red Wings captured the Prince of Wales Trophy as NHL regular-season champion in 1949-50. The red and white met the Rangers in the Stanley Cup final, and defeated the Blueshirts in seven, with Pete Babando scoring the OT Cup-winning goal. From the personal collection of Motor City superstar Ted Lindsay, we have an especially rare puck team-signed by the 1949-40 Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. Sporting no logos or maker’s marks, one side has been signed by 20 in white, including Lindsay, as well as fellow HOFers Howe, Lumley, Kelly, Stewart and Ivan, along with Babando, Couture, Gee, McFadden, Peters, Carveth, Pavelich, Black, Reise, Fogolin, McNab, Martin, Mattson (trainer) and Harry McQueston (back-up goaltender). The signatures display well, with a layer of shellac added to the puck which has somewhat “lifted” the ink, giving the signatures a raised, embossed appearance (there is residue on the reverse, presumably shellac). An LOA from the Lindsay family will accompany, and we should note that team-signed pucks from the era are practically non-existent in the hobby.
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