Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2024
One of the modern game’s most prolific goal scorers, Marcel Dionne would top the 100-point total eight times throughout his HOF career, and score more than 130 points three times. Suiting up for the likes of the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers over the course of his 18-year National Hockey League career to the tune of 1348 games, offered here is this used by Dionne during the 1974-75 season, his last year in the Motor City. A CCM Custom Pro offering with "Dionne" stamped over the upper shaft, the stick retains its original tape job of white around both the handle and middle of the blade while a foil accent sticker is still present around the bottom of the shaft as well. Having had statistics from Dionne's 1974-75 season penned over the underside of the shaft and signed by Marcel over the upper shaft on the forehand side with a black marker ink signature that also includes an annotation, the signature displays well and without issue despite its age. Displaying game-use via a number of dark marks and abrasions throughout the shaft, lower shaft, heel and blade, the shaft also shows a few small red post paint transfer marks throughout. Of note, the underside of the blade shows a long crack that is worth mentioning for accuracy.
A prolific behind the scenes historian of all things related to the City of Detroit, James Mackey would begin his professional career as a graphic designer after graduating from Wayne State University with a BA at 20 years of age. Soon finding himself at Channel 2 News in Motown by 1960, where his career spanned a tumultuous 42+ years, ending in 2002 with him retiring as Graphic Manager. Throughout that wonderfully rich career with Channel 2, he was fortunate enough to have won 4 Emmy Awards for set design. Beginning to photograph the Detroit Tigers and Lions as a correspondent for Channel 2 News around 1960 as well, he was hired as a freelance photographer by Olympia Entertainment in 1962, where he would spend the next 34 years procuring some of the greatest hockey moments to have been caught on film in Detroit Red Wings history and in the mid-1960s he would become the graphic artist & cartoonist for the Detroit Red Wings Magazine with multiple sections in each program including "In The Click Of It", "Red Wing Magazine" and "Sticks and Yuks by Mackey". Building many life long relationships with numerous Hockey Hall of Fame greats. Most notably, Gordie Howe, who even went as far to invite Jim to Pittsburgh for the opportunity to capture Gordie scoring his 700th goal, their relationship spanned their entire lives. Described by his son Eric with "He loved sports period", whether it was boat racing, lacrosse, baseball, football, hockey, Jim was there covering the event and capturing moments that will live on forever. As part of its current auction, Classic Auctions is proud to present some of the premier items from the collection of James A. Mackey.
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