Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2022
Profiling athletes of the day from a multitude of sports with an 11” x 17” newsprint photo in each Saturday edition, we offer a collection of complete La Presse newspapers totaling 30 and ranging from 1928 to 1932, with each sporting the intact athlete image. The lot also includes a vintage Sun Life Assurance Co porcelain sign. Featuring hockey, boxing, cycling, football, figure skating, swimming, baseball and other sports, each issue is approx 11” x 17”, with highlights to include hockey players Frank Boucher, Hap Day, Armand Mondou, Georges Boucher (large tear), Bill Phillips, Red Dutton, Lucien Brunet, Jimmy Ward and George Patterson, boxer Gene Tunney, figure skater Sonia Henie and others. The majority of the issues show expected toning to the newsprint along with spine wear, with a few specimens quite fragile, a few in higher grade. A group of 8 additional loose photos are also included highlighted by lone hockey player Herb Gardiner. The Sun Life sign is 12” x 18”, with holes along the top, sides and bottom for mounting, with heavier wear present including numerous edge chips, dings and a large area of damage over the lower left. There is also surface rust to the reverse.
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