Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/30/2012
The late Gary Carter and fellow HOFer Andre Dawson are among the 17 members of the 1983 Montreal Expos who signed a vintage pennant featured in this lot of autographed Expos pieces. Dawson and Tim Raines signed in bold blue marker on the Expos jersey of a vintage Cabbage Patch Doll in its original box, and Dawson, as a Cub, and Galarraga both signed an 8 x 10 photo. Two Carter autographs are included among 22 signatures gathered on a few autograph sheets and cuts. Carter, Vladimir Guerrero (4) and Pedro Martinez (3) are among the Expos who have signed 45 team-issued postcards and Livan Hernandez autographed two of four signed Expos caps. Expos pennant is signed in bold blue marker by Carter, Dawson, Raines, Wallach, Sanderson, Bryn Smith, Gullickson, Lea, Schatzeder, Reardon, James, Speier, Little, White, Fuentes, Bargar and Vail. The pennant is clean and pretty nicely preserved with some five vertical creases.
Autograph sheets include a Carter autograph cut, and one of two multi-signed sports celebrity autograph sheets featuring a nice, bold blue ballpoint Carter autograph.
Carter has signed in blue marker on an early 1980s postcard with a piece of tape residue on the bottom edge. Guerrero has signed four postcards in bold blue marker and Pedro Martinez has signed three postcards in bold black marker. Steve Rogers has signed a mid- to late-1970s postcard in blue ballpoint, Dennis Martinez, Tim Wallach and the late Charlie Lea have signed black and white postcards in black marker. Cabrera (2), Vidro, Pavano, Barrett and Wilton Guerrero have signed in black marker as have Kline (2), Lilly (2), Hermanson (2), Seguignol (2), Widger (2), Blum (2), the late Hideki Irabu and Lloyd (each 2 snapshots, one smudged Lloyd autograph), Mordecai, Widger, Powell, Thurman and broadcasters Claude Raymond (2) and Denis Boucher (2). Brian Barnes, Chris Nabholz and F.P. Santangelo have signed their postcards in blue marker and 45 of 47 postcards are signed, along with unsigned Pedro Martinez and Youppi! postcards.
Hernandez has signed two Expos size 7 New Era tricolor caps. The two other solid blue Expos signed caps are children’s size.
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