Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
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A wonderful mixed bag of sporting programs totaling 25 with most featuring the matching ticket stubs, this group includes a 1986 World Cup program with stub stapled to the interior (June 1, 1986 Canada vs France), 1977 Indianapolis 500 program and pin with ticket stub stapled to the interior, 1979 Indianapolis 500 program, ticket stub, Press Club pamphlet and garage area ticket, 1978 Ali vs Spinks programs (3) with one featuring a full ticket stapled to the interior, Larry Holmes vs Leon Spinks 1981 World Heavyweight Championship program, Oct 1, 1977 “A Tribute to Pele” Cosmo vs Santos program, 1976 USSR Gymnastics booklet with American Cup MSG ticket order form (wear and toning to the cover), 1979 Labatt’s International Golf Classic program, 1981 Labatt’s International golf program, “Toro’s 78” Mexican bull fighting program with stub stapled to the interior, 1971 Arsenal (vs Chelsea with stub stapled to the interior) and Hibernia European football programs, 1977 Virginia Slims MSG tennis program with stub (wear to the cover), 1979 Avon tennis championship program with stub, 1966 and 1967 (with stub) NYAC Indoor Games MSG programs, 1977 Canadian Heavyweight Championship boxing program and more! The press pins are all Ontario Jockey Club specimens, with examples for 1979, 1980 and 1981, with three undated. The lot also contains approx 50 misc ticket stubs including for the 1980 US Olympic Track Meet (3), 1975 US Open Tennis Championship (3), 1976 US Open Tennis Championship (2) and 1986 Virginia Slims tennis tournament, as well as Sonny & Cher, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson and others. Hailing from the collection of Allen Abel, these events were attended by the longtime journalist personally.
Covering the world's greatest sporting endeavors for half a century which included serving for a decade on Capitol Hill and in the briefing room of the White House, longtime journalist, sports columnist, producer and on-air television correspondent Allen Abel has traveled to over one hundred countries, witnessing epic battles and accomplishments from the press box; from Ali vs Fraser, to the Miracle On Ice, the genesis of Gretzky, to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Winning six National Magazine awards for political, travel and sports writing as a contributor to numerous publications including Sports Illustrated and Maclean's, Abel was also an on-air host, narrator, writer or producer on dozens of documentaries for HBO, Discovery, National Geographic, Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC and others. Abel has also authored a number of non-fiction works including 'The Short Life of Hughie McLoon — A True Story of Baseball, Magic, and Murder'
We are pleased to offer a number of desirable and seldom-seen items from Abel's personal 50-year sporting journey, including programs, media guides, tickets, press passes, autographs and much more, along with an impressive grouping of Olympic material personally acquired while working at a dozen Olympic Games.
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