The Elmer Lach Auction - October 2006
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2006
Although he needs no introduction to hockey fans, a two-page biography which accompanies a 100+ year old photo of Lord Stanley of Preston reveals the details of his life leading up to his appointment as Governor General of Canada, a time when he donated hockey’s ultimate prize. Part of the text, written just months after his appointment, reads “news from that Colony informs us he has every chance of becoming very popular in Canada.” And how! Matted photo by Walery, photographer to the Queen, is 12 /12” by 17” in total and includes a “Stanley of Preston” facsimile autograph. Stanley’s “Derby” pencil signature meanwhile is on the reverse of a cut dinner menu, also signed by General Vicompte de la Panouse and H. Barton Kent.
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