The Elmer Lach Auction - October 2006
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2006
Two formidable pieces here featuring the image of Hall of Fame goaltender Chuck Gardiner, who died of a brain hemorrhage at age 29 just two months after leading the Chicago Black Hawks to their first Stanley Cup in 1934. A trimmed hockey card (now 2” by 2 1/4”) from the Canadian Chewing Gum company bears the bold black fountain pen signature of Gardiner while a photo on thick paper stock was signed by Gardiner’s widow “To Mildred and Harold In memory of my husband Chuck Gardiner, Myrtle Gardiner, 1935.” Card has back damage while the photo’s image is crease-free with toning around the edges. Gardiner was the NHL’s First All-Star Team goaltender three out of four years before his untimely death and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1945.
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