Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2024
Hailing from years that saw the Ottawa Rough Riders (1968 - over Calgary) and Calgary Stampeders (1971 - over Montreal) win Grey Cups as champions of the Canadian Football League, offered here is this lot featuring a bevy of O-Pee-Chee CFL Mini-Posters, including one (1) complete assembly of sixteen (16) from 1968 and sixty-seven posters from 1971 that results in a complete set of sixteen (16) as well as near-set with fifteen (15) of sixteen (16) present to go along with numerous extras.
Starting with the earlier 1968 O-Pee-Chee CFL Mini-Poster offerings, inserted in packs of 1968 OPC football cards, which are considered by some hobby experts as a test issue with limited distribution (southern Ontario), these little pin-up posters measure 5” by 7” and were folded twice so as to fit in the wax packs. The complete set of 16 are here which includes Ron Lancaster, Dave Raimey, George Reed, Peter Liske, Wally Gabler, Carroll Williams, Tommy Joe Coffey, Margene Adkins, Jim Young, Ken Nielsen, Terry Evanshen, Frank Cosentino, Dave Mann, Larry Fairholm, Joe Zuger, and Russ Jackson. In terms of condition, all the ones making up the complete set remain in overall excellent condition with even moderate toning throughout along with very light edge and corner wear plus the expected fold lines. Of note, the poster of Coffey shows an additional light crease at the bottom plus a small tear along the fold line (something seen on a couple others in the set as well) while the posters of Ken Nielsen and Frank Cosentino have pin holes in them.
For the 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL Mini-Poster's, once again consisting of sixteen (16) different players, all of whom were Canadian Football League all-stars which were inserted one (1) per pack, the posters once again measure 5” by 7” and were folded twice so as to fit in the wax packs that they came in. Including a complete set (16/16) plus a near-complete set (15/16) and many extras, found within them are the likes of Tommy Joe Coffey, Herman Harrison, Bill Frank, Ellison Kelly, Charlie Bray, Bill Danychuk, Ron Lancaster, Bill Symons, Steve Smear, Angelo Mosca, Wayne Harris, Greg Findlay, John Wydareny, Garney Henley, Al Phaneuf and Ed Harrington. In terms of condition, all show the expected fold lines as well as things such as small tears to the edges/along the fold lines, surface fading, pinholes, varying degrees of toning and marks over the reverses.
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