Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction - March 2007
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/27/2007
Sensational array here of big (10” by 14”) colorized photos which appeared each Saturday in Montreal’s La Presse newspaper, starting in the late-1920s and running through to the mid-’30s, includes hockey, baseball and boxing stars of the day, along with personalities from several other sports. Condition is generally crease and trim-free and tough to beat with many still part of a four-page piece featuring full-page color fashions of the era on the backside. Hockey highlights among over 30 pictures are the images of Aurele Joliat, George and Frank Boucher, Herb and Charlie Gardiner, Hooley Smith, King Clancy, Lionel Conacher (2), Primeau, Finnegan, Hitchman, Thompson and Roach. Baseball photos (21) include an “off” condition Hack Wilson, along with Montreal Royals and other mostly minor leaguers. The boxing lot (18) features Gene Tunney, Max Schmelling and Max Baer, while Gene Sarazan, Helen Wills and Sonia Henie are the most notable of the remaining 50+ photos from the world of golf, tennis, figure skating, skiing, auto, horse and bicycle racing, wrestling, snow-shoeing, bobsledding and a few others. Forever- popular creations offer several possibilities including hours of viewing entertainment and big breakup value.
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