Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction March 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/29/2011
Another tantalizing discovery that will intrigue serious vintage hockey card and wrapper collectors is this little treasure that confirms that the C57 hockey card set of 1912-13 was issued by Imperial Tobacco. The Derby Cigarettes package was found with a C57 card inside! The outer cardboard box, which slid over another that housed the cigarettes (six smokes), is offered here and measures approximately 2" by 3". A few light creases but still very attractive with no rips or tears. The C57 set was a 50-card affair that featured players who skated in the National Hockey Association, Pacific Coast Hockey Association and Ontario Hockey Association. Possible pulls from a pack of Derby Cigarettes included the rookie cards of Ottawa Senators Punch Broadbent and Clint Benedict, along with big stars Georges Vezina, Newsy Lalonde, Cyclone Taylor, Art Ross, Lester Patrick, Joe Malone, the Cleghorns and others who would end up enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Wow, what a mindboggling offering, destined for a Hall of Fame-caliber vintage collectibles shrine.
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