The Elmer Lach Auction - October 2006
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2006
It’s difficult to imagine a better-preserved miniature Stanley Cup trophy commemorating the Bruins’ return to hockey’s highest pedestal and, of ever duplicating the hysteria that reined in old Boston Garden on the afternoon that Bobby Orr gave the team it’s first Cup title in 29 years! We need not go into very much detail of that memorable May 10, 1970 game against the St. Louis Blues - it lives on in the memories of those who witnessed it or have been told or read about it. Bobby’s overtime marker and celebrating flight through the air are legendary and capped off an amazing year for the superstar. The Art Ross, Hart, Norris and Conn Smythe trophies all in the same season?! - this guy was hard to believe unless you saw it with your own eyes! Gazing upon this magnificent silver-plated memento is also jaw-dropping. In shiny, tarnish-free condition like the day it was produced, the trophy features the hand-stamped engraved names of Boston’s hockey heroes including Orr, Espo, Bucyk, Cheevers, Cashman, Hodge, McKenzie, Sanderson, Stanfield, Westfall, Green, the Smiths, coach Johnson and GM Schmidt. The trophy’s maker, “Peterson”, is stamped into the base near the black wooden base. With its original green felt beneath the base and in it’s original presentation box, the trophy was, according to our consignor, presented to Bobby Orr’s longtime defensive partner, Dallas Smith. Good luck in acquiring this absolutely sensational trophy. A LOA will be included.
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