Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2020
Celebrating Montreal’s cherished Expos baseball club, we offer an historic display piece, with an inaugural home game program and ticket stub from the April 14th contest in 1969, accompanied by a ticket stub and program from the club’s first game, on April 8, 1969. The framed program feature’s cover signatures from four paramount individuals, including Warren C. Gilles (NL President), Bowie Kuhn (Baseball Commissioner), John J. McHale (Expos President) and Jim Fanning (Expos General Manager). Both the ticket stub (2 ½” x 5”) and program have been double-matted, framed to approx 16” x 19”. The opening game stub has been encapsulated by PSA and certified “Authentic”, with the first game New York Mets program 8 ¼” x 11”.
The framed program shows heavy wear, with the signatures displaying well, with just the beginning of the Fanning signature somewhat hard to make out due to it’s placement over the darker background. The framed ticket stub remains in beautiful condition. The Mets program exhibits moderate wear with toning, with splits along the spine, with the covers almost detached, while the first game ticket stub has multiple creases.
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