Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2020
Starring in the Cobalt Mining League while still a teen, Duke Keats appeared in both the NHA and WCHL early-on is his HOF career, with 82 games played for NHL clubs during the mid-1920s including Boston, Chicago and Detroit. The Montreal native and five-time WCHL All-Star also helped lead Edmonton to the Stanley Cup finals, in 1923. We have a rare vintage photo of the early superstar. At approx 7 ½” x 9 ½”, Keats is pictured in his Detroit Cougars uniform circa-1927, with exceptional clarity to the image. A few inventory numbers are handwritten over the reverse, with just light overall wear to the glossy print, with a few minor surface wrinkles visible. Considerably scarce, this may be one of the best remaining photos of the star.
Taking what he described as "a basement full of old sticks and pucks" to create a world class museum after the retirement of the Hall of Fame’s first curator, Bobby Hewitson, in 1967, Maurice H. "Lefty" Reid was raised in Leamington, Ontario, and began volunteering at the Hockey Hall of Fame after moving to Toronto where he worked as a sports layout editor, at The Toronto Telegram. Serving as secretary for the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee as well as curator during his tenure at the Hall, Reid also held many positions with ASMHOF (Association of Halls of Fame and Museums) including President and Vice President. Later honoured with a key to the city of Peterborough after voluntarily helping to create a new sports hall of fame in the locale, Reid was honoured with induction into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame, in 2006.
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