Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/20/2020
Featuring a quartet of teams that relocated from their original locales along with an expansion club, this lot contains a great postcard and team card collection of approx 394, with 10 examples signed, representing the Cleveland Barons (57), Kansas City Scouts (18), Columbus Blue Jackets (61), Atlanta Flames (163) and Atlanta Thrashers (95). First, for the Flames, 1970s – 54 black and white postcards including Quinn, Bouchard, Lysiak, Gibbs, Plett, Houston, Myre, Ribble, Clement and others, 1972-73 – 23 blank-backed colour postcards including 3 signed with Geoffrion (coach), Bouchard, Myre, Plager, Rochefort (signed) and others, 1974-75 – 20 blank-backed colour postcards including Bouchard, Price, Myre, Geoffrion (coach) and others, 1977-78 – 15 blank-backed colour postcards including Plett, Lysiak, Eccelstone and others, 1978-79 – 20 Coke postcards including Lemelin, Lysiak, Marsh, Fox and others, 1979-80 – 11 Coke postcards, 1979-80 – 20 black and white team cards. The misc Flames items include a small 1978-79 team photo, a Paul Reinhart photo made into a postcard, a misc postcard signed by Jean Pronovost and a Jacques Richard Pneus card. Next, for the Barons, 1976-77 – 12 team cards including Meloche, Maruk, Christie, Sabourin and others, 1976-78 - 45 black and white postcards including Simmons, Edwards, Simmer, Christie, Pappin, Neilson and others. The misc Barons items include a Coke poster from 1976-77 profiling Christie, Sabourin, Merrick and Greg Smith (11” x 17”, with moderate wear, fold lines and damage to the upper left corner). This is followed by the Scouts, 1970s – 18 blank-backed postcards including Nolet, Paiement (signed), Charron, Bergman, Houde, Harvey, Gagnon and others. Also included is a 1974-75 team photo. Rounding out the lot, we have postcards from the Thrashers, 2001-03 – 50 team cards including 2 signed, with Krupp, Heatley, Ferraro, Weaver and others, 2003-04 – 29 team cards including 4 signed (Cowan, Kaberle, Tremblay and Tamer), 2004-05 – 16 team cards, and postcards from the Bleu Jackets, 2000-01 – 22 postcards including Tugnutt, Odelein, Dineen, Sanderson and others, early-2000s – 2 signed team cards (Shelley and Wright), 2001-02 – 13 Donatos hockey cards, mid-2000s – 24 team cards with Nash, Chimera, Fedorov, Foot, Peca and others. Also included is a 2002-03 team photo. The majority of the postcards/team cards in the collection are in beautiful condition with just light handling wear, with some of the older examples sporting somewhat heavier wear.
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