A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
The beautiful blue ballpoint signature of the legendary goaltender appears on this official NHL By-Law document with Marcel Bonin signing as a witness. Dated from October 31st, 1961, by the Central Registry, the official document remains in superb condition aside for a small half of an inch tear on the top edge. Also included is a Standard Assignment Agreement between the St. Louis Blues and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The document is dated from May 18th, 1970, features a stamped signature of Bowman, the red ink initials of NHL president Clarence Campbell and is signed by Toronto's Jim Gregory. It states simply "Sold to Toronto for cash." Joining it here is a telex sent by Bowman to the NHL's Central Registry dated May 20, 1970 and which reads "Jacques Plante sold to Toronto. Documents to follow. Since player is vacationing and is not available for me to inform him of the trade until either Sunday night, May 24 or Monday, May 25, could you please keep this confidential until that time. The release will be made in Toronto on Monday."
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