Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/27/2023
The sophomore issue to Imperial Tobacco’s landmark C56 hockey card release and highlighted by the coveted rookie card of the legendary Georges Vezina that serves as one of the hobby’s most cherished cardboard treasures, offered here is this near complete set of Imperial Tobacco’s 1911-12 hockey set that includes 43 of the 45 cards that make up a complete assembly. Led by a quintet of freshly graded PSA offerings including the aforementioned Vezina RC that has been assessed a mark of FR 1.5, others that are included are the cards of Art Ross (PSA FR 1.5) and Newsy Lalonde (PSA FR 1.5) as well as those of Fred Taylor (PSA GOOD 2) and Joe Malone (RC – PSA FR 1.5). Missing the cards of #29 Jack Marshall and #30 Harry Hyland. Card #26 in the checklist, the first-year cardboard of Skein Ronan is the best of the bunch in the raw cards, found in the vicinity of GOOD+ while the cards seen as being a tad worse, closer to GOOD, total ten (10) and include the likes of 5-Oatman RC, 8-MacDonald RC, 9-Lake, 10-Kerr RC, 11-Walsh, 17-Darragh RC, 27-Smaill RC (right hand on stick variation), 39-Dallaire RC, 40-Power RC and 44-Poulin RC. For the included specimens that are seen as being in the scope of FR we have those of 3-Holden, 13-Currie RC, 14-Ridpath, 16-Lesueur, 18-Vair RC, 23-Rowe RC, 37-Bernier, 41-Pitre and 43-Payan RC while those of 1-Moran (has had its front plasticized or varnished in some way as it is very glossy), 2-Hall RC, 6-Dunderdale, 7-Mallen RC, 12-Shore RC, 21-Lindsay RC, 25-O. Cleghorn RC, 28-Johnson, 33-Roberts, 35-Russell and 36-Gardiner RC. Lastly, cardboard seen as failing into the range of AUTHENTIC include the cards of 15-Stuart, 19-Smith RC, 22-Gilmour RC, 24-S. Cleghorn RC, 32-Hern, 34-Glass and 45-Laviolette. Featuring beautiful and thought provoking renditions of some of hockey’s most important names despite some off condition offerings, good luck with these beautiful pre-war relics!
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