Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2024
Released during the first season of Montreal's still unmatched run of five (5) straight Stanley Cup championships, Parkhurst's 1955-56 hockey card release featured a checklist of seventy-nine (79) cards from the rosters of the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs, with "old-time greats" as well as coaches, managers and each of the two (2) teams' famed venue's also featured in the release. Offered here, we present this complete set of Parkhurst's 1955-56 release. A mostly low-grade assembly with the likes of 25-Drillon, 51-Meger, 59-Hainsworth and 65-Gagnon being of the green Quaker Oats back examples, it also needs to be noted that card #55 of Newsy Lalonde has a tear that has been repaired with clear tape while card #56 of Georges Vezina has a cut through it. For the key cards, included are the likes of 1-Lumley (PR - worn out and rounded corners - scuff on reverse), 3-Horton (GOOD - corner wear and faded), 4-Armstrong (PR to F - crease, worn out and corner wear), 33-Clancy (GOOD - corner wear and light discoloration on the reverse), 37-R. Richard (FR to G - crease and corner wear - light stain on the reverse), 43-Geoffrion (GOOD - corner wear and hairline crease), 44-Beliveau (FR to G - crease at top right and corner wear), 45-Harvey (G to VG - lightly faded in red area - off-center on the reverse), 50-Plante RC (FR to G - corner wear and creased), 56-Vezina ("Authentic" - torn), 57-Morenz (PR to F - multiple creases), 71-Plante IA (GOOD - stain on reverse and faded front), 78-Montreal Forum (PR to F - corner wear, faded and creased) and 79-Maple Leaf Gardens (FR - faded, creased and corner wear). For the rest of the set, six (6) cards are around VG to VG-EX, thirty-six (36) cards are seen as being in the realm of G to VG, thirteen (13) cards are in the scope of FR to G, eight (8) cards are in the vicinity of PR to F and finally, two (2) cards show up as "Authentic". A key set from the Original Six era, don't miss out on these!
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