Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/29/2025
Always popular and talked about highly among those collectors that chase vintage offerings, Parkhurst’s inaugural hockey release from the 1951-52 season is up for grabs here in starter set form with 52 of the 105 cards making up the checklist present and accounted for. Missing card #'s 2, 4-Richard RC, 8, 9, 10-Harvey RC, 11, 12, 13, 14-Geoffrion RC, 16, 18, 25, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56-Lindsay RC, 57, 61-Sawchuk RC, 63-Delvecchio RC, 64, 65, 66-Howe RC, 67, 69, 73, 75-Broda, 76, 77, 83, 87, 89, 93, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 and 103 for completion, the group is paced by the the graded examples of; 7-Johnson RC (PSA FR 1.5), 19-Henry RC (PSA PR 1), 20-Lynn RC (KSA ENM+ 6.5), 24-Fisher RC (KSA NM 7), 26-Quackenbush RC (PSA PR 1), 41-Peters RC (KSA ENM+ 6.5), 74-Klukay (KSA ENM 6), 82-Thompson RC (KSA EX 5) and 94-Stanley RC (PSA GOOD 2). For the included key cards that remain in their original raw ungraded form, present are the examples of 1-Lach RC (PR - multiple creases, faded and corner wear), 15-McNeil RC (GOOD - faded and rounded corners), 29-Schmidt (GOOD - tiny hairline crease, right border and corner wear), 37-Gadsby RC (FR to G - crease and corner wear), 47-Lumley RC (G to VG - small stain over left border), 48-Bentley (VG to VG-EX - light corner wear), 49-Mosienko RC (PR - multiple light creases), 52-"Winning Goal" (PR to F - multiple light creases), 55-Kelly RC (FR to G - water stained), 72-Meeker RC (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), 86-Kennedy RC (G to VG - tiny corner crease at bottom right), 104-Rayner RC (GOOD - rounded and dinged corners) and 105-Conacher RC (PR - crease at bottom border, writing on the back and corner wear). With the rest of the set including four (4) cards around VG to VG-EX, eleven (11) cards in the range of G to VG, nine (9) cards in the scope of FR to G and finally, six (6) cards around POOR, also included are six (6) extras which sees names such as 7-Johnson RC (G to VG - stain and small crease), 19-Henry RC (G to VG - corner wear), 26-Quackenbush RC (G to VG - corner wear) and 94-Stanley RC (PR - crease). Perhaps the most famous hockey card set of all-time, don't miss out on this assembly for your portfolio!
It must be noted that the grading standards followed by KSA may not correspond to those currently employed by PSA, BGS or SGC. The outcome of an attempted cross-over of KSA-graded cards from this lot through any of those services, then, would be uncertain and cannot be guaranteed.
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