Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/19/2018
This remarkable autograph collection features 10 signatures of Catholic Church Cardinals. Five of the cardinals are now deceased, including Miloslav Vlk (d. 2017), Marco Cé (d. 2014), Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (d. 2017), Carlo Maria Martini (d. 2012), and Lubomyr Husar (d. 2017). Also included are the signatures of Cardinal Vicar Emeritus of Rome Camillo Ruini, as well as Cardinals Francis Arinze, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Angelo Sodano, and Renato Martino. Cardinal Vlk signed on a 3x5 blank card that comes in an envelope postmarked in 2003. Cardinal Cé signed on the upper left of a 3 1/2" x 6” color photo of himself. Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor signed on a blank 3x5 card that comes with an envelope postmarked in 2003 and a “With the Compliments of the Personal Secretary” insert on “Archbishop’s House, Westminster, London” stationery. Cardinal Martini signed inset color photo of himself inside his “Il Cardinale Arcivescovo Di Milano” card that measures 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" when unfolded. Cardinal Lubomyr Husar signed on the upper left corner of the reverse of a 4 5/8” x 3 3/8” photo card of himself. Cardinal Ruini signed below his color photo on the bottom margin of a 6 1/4" x 4 1/2" picture card that comes with an envelope from his stationery that is postmarked in 2013. Cardinal Arinze signed with a dedicated “God Bless You” annotation on the bottom margin of a 4 1/2" x 1 1/2" color photo of himself that comes with an envelope postmarked in 2004. Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos signed “Con mi benediction” and dated “Vaticano 05.06.02” in black marker on the bottom margin of a 5 3/4" x 4 1/8” white bordered photo of himself. Cardinal Sodano dated “22-X-16” his signature and notation on his 2 3/4" x 4” card. Cardinal Martino signed below his handwritten annotation on the insert page of a Christmas card.
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