Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2010
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/22/2010
Massive lot consists of 160 individual issues of Hockey Pictorial magazine. Beginning with the 1955-56 season and on through the end of 1977-78 campaign, this collection is just short of a complete run of all 182 issues of the fondly remembered publication which ceased publication in the spring of 1980. Only 22 editions are missing, most of which are from the publication's final two years. Beginning with the October 1955 cover featuring Montreal Canadiens star Jean Béliveau and running through the May 1978 edition with Guy Lafleur on the cover, all of hockey's greats during that span of over two decades were featured on the magazine's covers including Orr, Richard, Howe, Clarke, Lafleur, Potvin, Mahovlich, Keon, Esposito, Hull - the stars just go on and on! Fascinating hockey images of the era fill these pages along with great writing that spans a sensational era, beginning at the height of the Original Six and on through the NHL's first wave of expansion in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as the birth of the WHA. Notable omissions include February & April 1956, May & October 1957, May 1958, October 1963, November 1964, and November 1969. This is a unique opportunity to put together a near-complete run of the late and lamented Hockey Pictorial magazine which fans couldn't wait to see arrive in their mailbox back in the day, and that collectors still can't get enough of 30 years after its demise.
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