Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2019
A mixed bag of desirable Montreal Expos items are offered including signed examples, with a trio of vintage team-signed baseballs, a trio of signed books, a first-game ticket from 1969, a 1970s souvenir watch and a mix of baseball cards from the early 1970s (a few hockey as well). The first game ticket is sealed in lucite and was used as a desk top accoutrement, with pen holders at each side. The ticket itself appears to only show light wear, with a few dark blemishes over the reverse. The signed balls include a smaller Spalding example sealed in lucite (circa 1969-72), with very pale signatures including Gene Mauch, Rusty Staub and Ron Fairly, with the ball quite dark. The other two balls are Official NL Sweeney examples from circa 1974 or 1975, with 19 somewhat light signatures over each, including Gary Carter, Gene Mauch, Steve Renko, Steve Rogers, Tony Scott, Barry Foote, Hal Breeden, Chuck Taylor, Don DeMola and Larry Biitner. Next, the watch is a Gruen model with Expos logo, with light wear including a large scratch over the reverse. The watch appears to keep time. The cards include approx 225 low-grade examples from the 1970 Topps set and about 225 from 1971, along with a mix of approx 30 misc 1970s baseball and 100 misc 1970s hockey (low-to-mid-grade). The signed books include; Strength Down Centre – multi-signed by Jean Beliveau, Rusty Staub, author Hugh Hood and Montreal sports consultants Gerry Patterson (who managed business and endorsement ventures for Big Jean and Staub) – with heavy wear and a low-grade dustjacket; Rusty Staub of the Expos – signed by Staub with a large ballpoint signature, along with Jacques Doucet (traductor of the French book) and another. Both the book and dust jacket show heavy wear (a second unsigned French-language copy of the Staub book is included); Thunder and Lightning – signed by John Ferguson in ballpoint with dedication, with wear to the dust jacket.
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