Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction October 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/9/2016
The first European-born player to captain the Habs, Saku Koivu shares top honours with Jean Beliveau as the longest serving skipper in franchise history. This lot contains a collection of Koivu material, accumulated by a devoted fan. We have four action-figures in their original boxes, including one from the NHLPA, one from Upper Deck and a pair of McFarlane examples. There are 5 magazines featuring Saku, including 4 “Les Canadiens” magazines and one Beckett price guide, along with a scribbler featuring Koivu on the cover. We also have a number of hockey cards including 2 team sets, a numbered jersey swatch card and a Finnish national team set. There are also two large binders, one packed with news clippings of the star, while the other features over a half dozen different colour prints, with an additional 200 plus cards including food issues and modern Beehives. Most of the items in this instant collection remain in excellent condition, with some better and some worse.
Second behind only Wayne Gretzky for leading points-scorer in Oilers history with 1043 points in 754 games, Jari Kurri would finish his amazing 17 year career with 1398 regular-season points in 1251 games. This lot contains an interesting grouping of items all pertaining to the Finnish superstar. We have a binder full of items, including a Hockey Illustrated from 1986 with Kurri cover, a 1991 Beckett guide and Hall of Fame book, both with Kurri images, there’s photos including an image of Jari with Gretzky and Robitaille from an All-Star contest, an NHLPA Headliners figurine in the original packaging, numerous news clippings from Finnish language papers, along with a few food issues. There are also over 220 hockey cards present, including two rookie cards, with an O-Pee-Chee example in mid-grade, along with a Topps example in much nicer shape. There are also two signed cards from the “Be A Player” series from Upper Deck in 1996. An instant collection of cool items pertaining to the original Finnish Flash.
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