Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2013
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/18/2013
Stan Mikita's 500th goal, Bobby Hull's 1983 number 9 jersey retirement and early Black Hawks portraits are featured in this lot of over 300 Black Hawks photos. There are some 82 newspaper morgue photos from the 1970s and early-1980s, including some staggering shots of Keith Magnuson's broken jaw in the 1973 playoff, and great modern prints of late 1920s Black Hawks portraits from the Chicago Historical Society. Lots of great Black Hawks history to peruse! Best Wishes, Bill Wirtz, Mr 'Orange Skin'" signed in silver paint pen, and vintage Black Hawks logo decal 8x8 with backing. There are 33 prints of Mikita’s 500th goal against Vancouver’s Cesare Maniago on February 27, 1977 and Bobby Hull’s 1983 Black Hawks number 9 jersey retirement ceremony including newspaper morgue photos.
82 newspaper morgue prints from the 1970s and early 1980s, many with captions and some with photo editor markings.
70 modern prints of Chicago Historical Society 8x10 prints, shots of late 1920s-early 1930s Black Hawks portraits of Gardiner, Couture, Graham, Dukowski, March, Dyer, Ingram, Arbour, Gottselig, Wentworth, Taylor, Burns, Adams, Ripley, Somers, Cook and Miller, and a 1929 shot of Chicago Stadium’s boxing ring set-up.
Another 137 miscellaneuous prints, mainly 8x10s with numerous duplicates of the early Black Hawks Chicago Historical Society prints, various 1950s and 1980s shots, a number of outdoor shots of the demolition of the old Chicago Stadium, a Bill Gadsby signed snapshot, a vintage 1932 Chicago Stadium postcard, two postcards of Mayor Cermak’s 1933 funeral, a 1953 Lion’s Club Chicago Stadium convention postcard, a signed Dave Dryden snapshot, 1983-84 Black Hawks team picture card, two Phil Russell signed 8x10s, a rookie era Marc Bergevin photo with a dedicated autograph and a Bill Wirtz color portrait with the unique dedication, “To one dirty ass from another!
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