Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2010
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/22/2010
The signatures of Gordie Howe and his sons, Mark and Marty, are featured in this lot of 18 signed Hartford Whalers media guides. All three Howes, including Gordie, Mr. Hockey himself, have signed within the pages of a 1979-80 Whalers guide from the team’s first NHL season. Dave Keon, Rick Ley, Larry Pleau, Mike Rogers and Blaine Stoughton have also signed within its pages. Gordie has also signed as a Whalers executive within the pages of one of two signed guides from the 1986-87 season. Emile Francis and Ron Francis have also signed among the pages of this vast collection. These signed Whalers media guides, which run through the 1991-92 season, exhibit expected handling with some surface wear to note on their covers. Each season’s guide is listed chronologically with the number of autographs and key signatures noted: 1979-80 (21 incl. Gordie Howe, Mark Howe, Marty Howe, Keon, Ley, Pleau, Rogers & Stoughton), 1980-81 (30 incl. Baldwin, Mark Howe, Marty Howe, Keon, Ley, Rogers & Stoughton), 1981-82 (30 incl. Ron Francis, Keon, Mark Howe, Marty Howe, MacLeish, Rogers, Stoughton, Baldwin, Pleau & Ley), 1982-83 (29 incl. Ron Francis, Larouche, Stoughton & Baldwin; note: back section detached from spine), 1983-84 (28 incl Emile Francis, Ron Francis, Marty Howe, Stoughton & Turgeon), 1984-85 (40 incl. Emile Francis, Mark Johnson, Ron Francis, Samuelsson, Turgeon, Marty Howe, Dineen & Ferraro), 1984-85 (15 incl. Mark Johnson, Ron Francis & Turgeon; note: excellent-plus condition), 1985-86 (15 incl. Ron Francis, Dineen (smudged), Ferraro, Liut, Samuelsson &Turgeon; note: excellent condition), 1985-86 (38 incl. Emile Francis, Ron Francis, Dineen (slightly smudged), Ferraro, Liut, Samuelsson, Turgeon & Marty Howe), 1986-87 (26 incl. Gordie Howe, Ron Francis, Dave Babych, Dineen, Ferraro, Jarvis, Liut, Samuelsson & Turgeon; note: excellent-plus condition), 1986-87 (41 incl. Emile Francis, Ron Francis, Dave Babych, Dineen, Ferraro, Jarvis, Liut, Samuelsson & Turgeon; note: excellent condition), 1987-88 (24 incl. Emile Francis, Ron Francis, Dave Babych, Dineen, Ferraro, Jarvis, Liut, Samuelsson & Turgeon), 1987-88 (45 incl. Emile Francis, Ron Francis, Dave Babych, Dineen, Ferraro, Jarvis, Liut, Samuelsson & Turgeon), 1988-89 (21 incl. Emile Francis, Ron Francis, Dave Babych, Dineen, Ferraro, Liut, Samuelsson & Turgeon; note: excellent-plus condition), 1988-89 (39 incl. Pleau, Ron Francis, Dave Babych, Richard Brodeur, Dineen, Ferraro, Liut, Samuelsson & Turgeon), 1989-90 (44 incl. Ron Francis, Dave Babych, Dineen, Ferraro, Liut, Samuelsson & Verbeek), 1990-91 (41 incl. Ley, Dave Babych, Dineen, Ferraro, Samuelsson, Verbeek, Holik & Sanderson), 1991-92 (37 incl. Cullen, Dineen, Holik & Sanderson).
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