Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2022
Vintage signatures abound in this diverse collection that hails from the personal holdings of longtime journalist Allen Abel, with these all acquired in person throughout his career. Totaling over 150 and featuring 23 HOFers, the collection comprises of mostly small cuts along with index cards, sheets, and scraps – with many appearing on the reverse of used scoresheets. Signers include Gump Worsley, Gordie Howe, Emile Francis, Ken Dryden & Serge Savard (both on a small 3 ½” x 4” scrap with the date of the game listed, Feb 11, 1973), Jean Ratelle (cashier’s slip), Dave Keon, Michel Goulet, Rod Gilbert, Phil Esposito, Yvan Cournoyer, Stan Mikita (full page), Bobby Clarke, Ed Giacomin, Marcel Dionne, Harry Howell, Bryan Trottier, Bobby Hull, Mark Howe, Fred Shero, Clark Gillies, Bob Nystrom, Don Maloney, Dave Maloney, Ed Westfall, Willie Plett, Randy Holt, Lou Angotti, Gary Smith, Lucien DeBlois, Don Murdoch, Keith Magnusson, Pat Quinn, Pierre Bouchard/Mike Plamateer/Ken Wharram, Dave Dryden, Barry Beck, Doug Wilson, Neal Broten/Bob Suter/Mike Eruzione/Eric Strobel (Team USA 1980 sheet), Peter Stastny, Anton Stastny, Steve Weeks, Dan Bouchard, Tom Laidlaw, Vaclav Nedomansky, Murray Oliver, Mike Allison, John Davidson, Gille Villemure, Jean Potvin, Red Berenson, Vic Hadfield, Dave Taylor/Butch Goring and others, Dave Langevin, Bob Plager and others. The lot also contains a 5” x 7” Aeros photo signed by Morris Lukowich and a ‘Hockey is My Game’ book dust jacket signed by Hull (faded sig and wear to the dust jacket).
Covering the world's greatest sporting endeavors for half a century which included serving for a decade on Capitol Hill and in the briefing room of the White House, longtime journalist, sports columnist, producer and on-air television correspondent Allen Abel has traveled to over one hundred countries, witnessing epic battles and accomplishments from the press box; from Ali vs Fraser, to the Miracle On Ice, the genesis of Gretzky, to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Winning six National Magazine awards for political, travel and sports writing as a contributor to numerous publications including Sports Illustrated and Maclean's, Abel was also an on-air host, narrator, writer or producer on dozens of documentaries for HBO, Discovery, National Geographic, Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC and others. Abel has also authored a number of non-fiction works including 'The Short Life of Hughie McLoon — A True Story of Baseball, Magic, and Murder'
We are pleased to offer a number of desirable and seldom-seen items from Abel's personal 50-year sporting journey, including programs, media guides, tickets, press passes, autographs and much more, along with an impressive grouping of Olympic material personally acquired while working at a dozen Olympic Games.
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