Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/19/2018
Loaded with interesting content, NHL contracts and documents allow collectors to peruse the day to day goings-on of the premier league, along with how their employees are valued and compensated. We have a wonderful collection of contracts and documents that range from roughly 1949 to 1987, with the majority in the 1960s/70s range. Included we have 11 Standard Player Contracts and Assignment Agreements, 5 Loan Agreements, 7 Personal Records/Questionnaires, 6 Try-Out/Option Agreements, 3 Central Registry documents, 20 miscellaneous documents and 1 Player’s Termination Contract. Players featured include Dave Dryden, Henry Bassen, Denis DeJordy, Gary Smith, Roy Edwards, Al Rollins, Jack Norris, Gilles Meloche and Gerry Desjardins, with signatures present from HOFers Clarence Campbell, Tommy Ivan and William Wirtz.
Standard Player’s Contracts/Assignment Agreements are present for Dave Dryden (2), Gary Smith, Roy Edwards (2), Al Rollins, Jack Norris (2), Gilles Meloche, Denis DeJordy and Gerry Desjardins, with a total of 25 HOF signatures in the collection, with 15 from Tommy Ivan, 6 from Clarence Campbell and 4 from William Wirtz. The Loan Agreements are for Henry Bassen, Dave Dryden, Denis DeJordy, Jack Norris and Roy Edwards, while the Try-Out Agreements are for Bassen, Edwards, DeJordy and Dryden. Other neat documents include a 1971 release for Gary Smith on Black Hawks letterhead signed by Ivan, a 1967 handwritten letter to Tommy Ivan from Dave Dryden on Black Hawks stationary and a 1951 permission letter for Henry Bassen to appear for Calgary in the PCHL on NHL letterhead. The majority of the documents remain in pleasing condition, exhibiting just expected wear from their prior handling and use.
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