Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction - March 2007
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/27/2007
Striking miniature replica of the Conn Smythe Trophy rekindles another chapter in the remarkable career of hockey’s greatest defenceman, Bobby Orr. “The Great Orr” as Boston legend Milt Schmidt often referred to Bobby, was again great in ’71-72, winning the Hart Trophy as regular season MVP, to go along with his fifth straight Norris as best defenceman. Come playoff time Orr scored five goals, including the Stanley Cup-winner in the 3-0 clincher against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, and his 19 assists broke Jean Beliveau’s playoff mark set a year earlier. May 11th was the date when Bobby became the first two-time winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. A replica of Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens, with a big silvery maple leaf backdrop, sits atop a three-tiered wooden base here, with the upper wooden section featuring an engraved plaque explaining that it was donated by Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd., with its 1965 year of inception also included. Engraving on a plaque affixed to the middle wooden section reads “1972 Winner – Bobby Orr – Presented to Alan Eagleson by George Graham – “Ostranders” – December 1972.” Eagleson tells the story of how Graham was the owner and president of Ostranders Jewelers and who Eagleson and Orr dealt with in Bobby’s first big endorsement deal, the Bobby Orr watch. The relationship led to Graham, who had close ties with Birks, wanting to have trophies produced and given to Eagleson. Permission was needed and obtained from NHL President Clarence Campbell to produce the replicas, with the results formidable. Fourteen inch high trophy is in outstanding near mint condition with its original Peterson & Sons Silversmith blue pouch still present. A stirring display piece, it will be accompanied by a LOA signed by Alan Eagleson.
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