Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2014
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2014
Incredible and very, very heavy "One Timer" sculpture signed by a dozen members of Team Canada 1972 is a one-of-a-kind artwork crafted by sculptor Yuri Ferdman in 2010. Summit Series hero Paul Henderson and HOFers Bobby Clarke, Frank Mahovlich and Marcel Dionne are among the 12 members of Team Canada 1972 that signed in bold black marker on the smooth top of the base during 40th anniversary celebrations of the famous Canada-Russia series at Toronto's City Hall in 2012. Born in Russia and raised in Latvia, Ferdman has grown an extreme love and passion for hockey since childhood. Ferdman works and lives in Toronto where he has devoted his love for the game, "Hockey is my Religion", into the art of sculpture-making. Ferdman has exhibited at Toronto's City Hall, the Air Canada Centre and the Hockey Hall of Fame. Some of his work is privately owned by Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper and numerous Canadian and Russian professional hockey players. The artist has marked his Cyrillic initials on a corner of the top of the base of this spectacular sculpture. Ferdman has realized a hockey player following through on a slap shot by welding together scrap metal and cutting, grinding, polishing and blackening his creation. The entire sculpture, including the roughly triangular base, weighs 58 pounds (26.4 kilograms) and stands 15 1/2" tall at its highest points. The base is 4" tall with three sides that measure about 14", 15" and 15 1/2" respectively. Please take note that this lot may be subject to a silent reserve. Comes with a COA. The 12 members of Team Canada 1972 that have signed in bold black marker on the smooth and silvery flat top of the base are HOFers Frank Mahovlich, Bobby Clarke and Marcel Dionne, Summit Series hero Paul Henderson, and Pete Mahovlich, Bill White, Don Awrey, Wayne Cashman, Jean-Paul Parise, Ed Johnston, Jocelyn Guevremont and Brian Glennie. The COA lists 10 signatures; those of Parise and Guevremont are not indicated.
The unique process of realizing this spectacular creation: “The statue is made of scrap metal, which is welded together in a figurine using an MIG-welding machine and various cutting, drilling and polishing tools to finish. The artist carefully attaches small pieces of wire and scrap metal to a wire frame using the MIG-welding machine. It is finished by cutting, grinding, polishing and blackening the metal. The method used is unique and laborious, which makes it one-of-a-kind sculpture.”
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