Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/29/2025
Paul Henderson’s “Goal of the Century” is featured in this set of 24 prints from Prudential’s “Great Moments in Canadian Sports”, and it is offered along with a 1986-87 Kraft hockey poster set of 81 with two uncatalogued posters. Henderson is depicted celebrating his Summit Series-clinching goal with Team Canada mates Yvan Cournoyer and Phil Esposito in front of sprawled Soviet goaltender Vladislav Tretiak in one of the eight hockey scenes included in each 24-print set. Lester Patrick’s remarkable turn in goal for the Rangers in the 1928 Stanley Cup final, Maurice “Rocket” Richard’s incredible 50 goals in 50 games in 1945, the first meeting of 50-goal scorers in NHL history in 1962 between Chicago’s Bobby Hull and Montreal’s Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion, the Maple Leafs’ 1962 Stanley Cup win, Gordie Howe’s record-breaking 545th goal in 1963, Bobby Orr scoring the winner in overtime in 1970 (just before he flies through the air), and Darryl Sittler’s 6-goal, 10-point game in 1976 are the other magnificent hockey scenes in the collection. Nancy Greene, the ’59 Regina curling rink, Marilyn Bell, Jimmy McLarnin, Barbara Ann Scott, Sandy Hawley, Northern Dancer, Percy Williams, Ferguson Jenkins, Russ Jackson, the Bluenose and the Calgary Stampede are among the other iconic Canadian sports stories illustrated in this remarkable collection of 16 1/2" x 12 1/2" prints. Condition is very good overall, with a few of the prints showing minor wear including along edges and to corners.
The 1986-87 Kraft posters total 83 and appear to be a complete set of 81 with uncatalogued posters of Habs coaches Jean Perron and Jacques Laperriere. At 16" x 20", these were originally available through an offer detailed on the backs of the similar but standard-sized Kraft hockey cards. Noted sports artists Carlton McDiarmid and Jerry Hersh drew the majority of the 81 cards in the set. Big names include Gretzky (light touches to a couple corners), Messier, Kurri, Fuhr, Roy, Robinson, Gainey, Chelios, Stastny and Hawerchuk. The majority show light to moderate wear with the odd corner ding or bend.
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