Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2019
A very cool 1970s trio of sets here features the photos of numerous NHL and WHA players not seen on any other collectibles of the day, with additionally, some players having their lone card-like appearance in one of these nifty sets. Generally, tiptop condition is also to report, with 224 Eddie Sargent stamps still the way they originally came; in 14-stamp sheets and now tastefully displayed against white backer boards and in one-pocket pages in a binder. The only obvious creases we spot are in the Series #3 sheet with Bobby Orr, with a horizontal printing line in the lower part of the Orr stamp and a light subtle bend higher up, with the aforementioned creases showing up diagonally in the other three corner regions. Sharp and crisp are ten five-card accordion-like panels of WHA players from Quaker Oats’ 1973-74 issue. Upon inspection a dinged lower left corner is detected on the Bobby Hull #50 example and actually affects all five cards. We’ll let the winning bidder crack open a classic “brick” of the times, a stack of ’70-71 Dad’s Cookies odd-sized cards to be appreciated after the tape and clear wrap is cut into. Problem-free examples of Bobby Orr and Bobby Hull are in two big screwdown holders, (two of each), with the registration of one of the Hulls inferior to the other. We’re not sure whether Orr and Hull are in the “brick” or not. The high bidder will get to find that out while blasting back to the good old 1970s!
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