Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/18/2025
Dominating by winning almost 25 percent of the total medals won at the 1936 Olympic Games including 33 gold, the host Germans under the leadership of Adolf Hitler built a number of state-of-the-art venues for the multi-sport event, with this the first Olympic Games to feature the now iconic torch relay from Olympia in Greece to the host venue. We have a pair of highly desirable “Olympia” albums from the Games, with a complete set of affixed All Reemstra cigarette picture cards. Each 9 ¾” x 12 ½” volume is in German text and comes complete with their original dust jackets over two (2) of the three (3) books that are present. Featuring wonderful photos of participants including action images, the Canadian Olympic hockey team is included, along with notable athletes Sonja Henie and Jesse Owens. There is also an interesting photo of a number of athletes at the grandstand getting signatures from Nazi officials, including what appears to be a hockey player receiving an autograph from Hitler. With all three (3) books (there are two copies of book two covering the Summer Olympics, one without the dust jacket and one with) remaining in overall fantastic condition, the covers all show some wear that is worth mentioning for accuracy along with some toning to the pages on the interior. Additionally, the spines all remain in excellent condition considering their age while the dust jacket covering the one (1) copy of book two (2) shows some small tears and edge/corner wear. Finally, for the copy of book two (2) without a dust jacket, some rubbing is seen effecting the surface of the covers.
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Born in Tampere, Finland, in 1949, and beginning his rise in the hockey ranks as a junior hockey coach while also involved in the hockey stick industry in Canada and Germany, Finnish hockey executive and writer Kimmo Leinonen had a connection to the NHL as he was employed as a scout for the New York Rangers from 1978-79 to 1982-83. As a founding member of the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979 - where he served as chairman from 2011 to 2018, Leinonen also helped to establish the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1996 and was the director of public relations and marketing for the organization from 1995 to 2007. His later career included an appointment as general secretary of the 2012 and 2013 Ice Hockey World Championships co-hosted in both Finland and Sweden. The hockey guru has written multiple books on the history of hockey in Finland, and for his great contributions to the sport, was inducted into the builder category of the Finnish Hall of Fame in 2011. He was further acknowledged as the only person from Finland to win the Paul Loicq Award in recognition for his efforts in international ice hockey in 2023. We are pleased to offer items from his personal collection that he acquired during his years as the IIHF director of public relations and marketing from 1995 to 1997, with others originating from later in his career as well as international hockey memorabilia he collected and items he was gifted.
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