Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2015
Habs legends galore have inked there names in beautiful fashion on these 3 small pieces of cardboard, with 8 players from circa 1947-48 signing the back of a Maurice Richard exhibit card and include the likes of Richard, Bill Durnan, Ken Reardon, coach Dick Irvin, and 4 more. Another small cardboard, from the early-1950s, shows Doug Harvey, Boom Boom Geoffrion, Tom Johnson, and 5 others, while the third cardboard includes Richard, Lach, McNeil, Curry, and 4 others. With all signatures clear and legible and signed in either blue or red ballpoint pen, this is a tremendous lot that would look amazing when displayed.
The signed Maurice Richard exhibit card measures 3 ½” x 5”, and although creases and minor damage exist on the card itself, the signatures on this late-40s card are impressive indeed with Richard, Ken Mosdell, Murdo Mackay, and Dick Irvin signing in blue ink and Reardon, Durnan, Joe Carveth, and Rip Riopelle penning in red ink. From the early-‘50s, 1 card, measuring 3 ¼” x 3 ¾”, includes the signatures, all in blue ink, of Harvey, Johnson, Geoffrion, Bud MacPherson, Butch Bouchard, Paul Meger, Paul Masniuk, and Billy Reay. The other card measures 3 ¼” x 3 ½”, includes blue ink signatures of, along with Richard, Lach, McNeil, and Curry, those of John McCormick, Dick Gamble, Bert Olmstead, and Ross Lowe. An absolutely fine collection of vintage Habs autographs in excellent and completely legible condition, with a serious number of Hall of Famers – Richard (ind. 1961, dec. 2000); Lach (ind. 1966); Olmstead (ind. 1985); Harvey (ind. 1973, dec. 1989); Johnson (ind. 1970, dec. 2007); Bouchard (ind. 1966, dec. 2012); Geoffrion (ind. 1972, dec. 2006); Reardon (ind. 1966, dec. 2008); Durnan (ind. 1964, dec. 1972); and Dick Irvin (ind. 1958, dec. 1957); One other thing to note – the 2 pieces from the early-1950s were originally together at one point and were cut in half.
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