Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2024
The O-Pee-Chee company's first two (2) hockey card releases are the subject of the lot being offered here, with all 48 of the 48 cards required to make a complete assembly of the 1933-34 V304 Series "A" present and accounted for to go along with a near-complete set of the V304 Series "B" release, which features 19 of the 24 cards found within the checklist and is missing only those of 52-Goodfellow, 60-Northcott, 62-Trottier, 63-Kilrea and 72-Cook RC for completion. Starting with the notable cards from the Series "A" release, included are those of 3-Shore (PR to F - creases on all four corners plus large amounts of corner wear), 6-Stewart (FR to G - off-center, rounded corners and stain over the bottom), 8-Clapper (FR to G - bottom corner areas creased), 12-Primeau (FR to G - large crease at the bottom left and pressure marks at the top), 23-Morenz (PR - paper loss on the front, creased and ink marks), 31-Clancy (PR to F - creases over all four corners), 33-Jackson (FR - creases and pressure marks over the corners), 34-Conacher (FR - stain at the bottom left and crease plus pressure marks at the top right) and 45-Worters (FR to G - light pressure marks and crease at top right). Additionally, the notable cards included from the near-complete Series "B" release include the likes of 49-Siebert (FR to G - surface and corners worn), 50-Joliat (GOOD - crease over the right side that shows more on the reverse) and 68-Thompson (PR - paper loss on the reverse. For the rest of the cards, those presenting in the scope of GOOD condition include those of 1-Cox, 4-Doraty, 10-Horner, 11-Levinksky, 14-Patterson, 17-Somers, 21-Larochelle, 22-Mantha, 24-Howe, 25-Finnegan, 27-Weiland, 35-Cotton, 37-Murdoch, 41-McInenly, 46-Leduc, 55-Robinson, 57-Wilcox, 58-Duguid 59-Kerr, 66-Gracie and 69-Smith while cards in the range of FR to G includes the likes of 9-Oliver, 13-Bailey, 16-Heller, 18-Chabot, 19-Gagnon, 28-Bourgeault, 42-Sorrell, 44-McVeigh, 47-Wasnie, 51-Aurie, 53-Roach, 56-Ward, 61-Wentworth, 64-Brysdon, 67-Ripley and 71-Dillon. Finally, cards seen as being in the condition neighborhood of PR to FR include names like 2-Lamb, 5-Hitchman, 7-Galbraith, 15-Hainsworth, 20-Lepine, 26-Touhey, 29-Himes, 30-Sheppard, 32-Day, 36-Keeling, 38-Cook, 39-Johnson, 40-Emms, 43-Phillips, 48-Mondou, 54-Beveridge, 65-Ayers and 70-Blair. Also accompanied by the "Hockey Star Picture Album" that was released by O-Pee-Chee to house both the Series "A" and "B" releases that is in overall good condition for its effort with only light toning to the pages along with some staining and small tears caused by the removal of the included cards, it is also worth noting that some of the pages have become separated from the spine and light wear/toning is seen on both the front and back covers as well while the original owner's name has been neatly penned over the front in black fountain ink. Of note, all of the included cards were taken out of the included album so most have some creases/fold lines at the corners and/or pressure marks/dents on the edges from being inserted into said album for an extended period of time.
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