Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction October 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/9/2016
Arguably the most collected hockey team, the Toronto Maple Leafs are an institution in Canada, with any and all items pertaining to the blue and white always in demand. This lot contains a number of desirable vintage Leafs items, including a copy of the Buckingham Hockey Parade Maple Leafs booklet from 1934, with intriguing profiles and photos of a number of Depression-era Leafs including Clancy, Hainsworth and Conacher. We have a complete set of 10 Hockey Talks records from 1966-67, a signed copy of Macleans, Eddie Shack sheet music, ticket stubs from the late-1940s, media and team-issued photos, postcards and more!
The Macleans magazine originates from 1964, with Leafs pictured on the cover along with the signatures of 4, with large and flowing examples from Mahovlich, Kelly, Bower and Eddie Shack. In VG condition, the magazine will come with 4” x 6” photos of each individual signing. The Shack sheet music (3) is roughly 9” x 12”, with all 3 copies remaining in very good condition. We have three photos that are affixed to scrapbook pages, with a pair of images of Turk Broda and a young female, along with an on-ice image of Howie Meeker. We have 7 media photos, with 5” x 7” images of Imlach and Baun, we have an image from Game 4 of the 1939 Cup Finals between the Bruins and Leafs, a photo with Leafs executives in poor condition and a pair of 8” x 10” photos picturing Dunc Wilson in his mask. Team-issued photos include a pair of different images of Mahovlich, a Ron Sterart 8” x 10”, a late-1940s team photo in poor condition, and smaller photos including 2 different of Baun (one is cracked in half), along with Keon, Nevin and Eddie Shack. The ticket stubs total four and they appear to be from the late-1940s, and they are affixed to scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings from the same era. A pair have clipped corners, but they display well. The Buckingham Leafs book is 5 ¼” x 7 ½” and it features images of a number of prominent Leafs. The cover is torn along most of the spine and is currently detached. The complete set of Hockey Talks records along with their picture sleeves all remain in pleasing condition, with the bottom inner flaps torn away on the Bower, Keon and Mahovlich examples. Rounding out the lot we have 19 postcards from the late-1970s with most being mid-grade or better due to corner wear, and included are Imlach, Sittler, McDonald, Salming and others. We also have an additional 18 postcards from 1971-72 in mid-grade including Keon, Parent, Plante, Sittler and others. We also have a nrmt condition snapshot of a youthful Frank Mahovlich along with 5 second generation prints of Turk Broda, Max Bentley, Jim Pappin and two others.
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