Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2014
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2014
Imperial Tobacco's follow-up to its landmark original hockey card effort of the previous season boasts the coveted rookie card of hockey immortal Georges Vezina, with this ensemble of C55 cards boasting examples which were all recently discovered and submitted to PSA, thus creating 45 encapsulated treasures being offered to the hobby for the first time. With a GPA and set rating of 5.37, this set ranks, as of January, 2014, in a seventh place tie on PSA's Current Finest list and is in a tie for 11th place on the company's All-Time Finest list. All cards, with the exception of one, have scored 4-or-higher and are led by nine gorgeous NM 7 examples. The PSA Population Report reveals that just one Percy LeSueur card #16 has ever scored higher at PSA than the NM 7 here, while just two in each case are ahead of fellow Hall-of-Famers 33-Gordon Roberts and 35-Ernie Russell. Other striking 7s are 13-Alex Currie RC, 30-Harry Hyland, 34-Pud Glass, 39-Henri Dallaire RC, 43-Eugene Payan RC and 44-George Poulin. Just missing NM recognition at EX-MT+ 6.5 are the RCs of 12-Hamby Shore and 25-Odie Cleghorn, along with 3-Holden, 15-Stuart and 37-Bernier. The most dominant grade is EX-MT 6, with the card of the colorful Cyclone Taylor highlighting the group of (14) and including cherished images of HOFers 6-Tom Dunderdale, 17-Jack Darragh RC, 28-Ernie Johnson, 32-Riley Hern and 41-Didier Pitre. Art Ross' card #31 is joined in EX+ 5.5 holders by the rookies of 2-Joe Hall and 40-R. Power, while the card of icon Newsy Lalonde is among a half dozen cards slabbed EX 5, with important rookies of 4-Joe Malone and 24-Sprague Cleghorn also notable 5s. The key Vezina card comes in at VG-EX 4, as do five others, with card #1 of Paddy Moran the only sub-4 example at Good 2. The grades of all cards, of course, may be viewed on the PSA Set Registry by clicking on "classic" and are destined to render their new owner proud indeed. Good luck with this marvelous opportunity to acquire a precious tobacco card jackpot.
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