Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2021
Jacques Plante’s string of five consecutive Vezina Trophy wins, as well as the Canadiens’ record five straight Stanley Cup titles began the same season as Jacques appeared on his 1955-56 Parkhurst rookie card, with this example considered a good looking GOOD 2 card. A light 1-1/2” diagonal crease in the lower left corner region is not drastic at all and more evident when viewing the back, with corner/edge wear, light color loss (above Jacques) and a bit of a diamond cut also observed. Revolutionary was Plante’s style of coming out to play the puck, although the back of card #50 reveals that it wasn’t approved of early on, the write-up reading in part, “His biggest trouble, according to the coaches, is his reluctance to stay in his cage. He likes to wander all over the ice, giving the coaches a headache.” A remedy for your yearning for a Plante RC is offered here, with a half-inch scratch/scuff to the PSA holder near the bottom edge to note.
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