Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/20/2020
O-Pee-Chee's change to a 5" by 7" format for its 1939-40 hockey issue may have been in response to the popularity of Bee Hive and Crown Brand pictures at the time, with Montreal Canadiens players (10) dominating this group and four goalies also contributing. Four crease-free examples are VG+ or VG-EX condition leaders (24-Paul Drouin, 26-Georges Mantha, 27-Armand Mondou, 31-Paul Haynes), while a small peripheral crease and corner wear render five others VG; 22-Cliff Goupille, 23-Rod Lorraine, 29-Ray Getliffe RC, 30-Cy Wentworth and 56-Charlie Sands. Just one of the aforementioned, (23-Lorraine), exhibits the marked toning that the rest do, with however no creases affecting the images of VG entries of 11-Stanowski RC, 33-Heller, 37-Kerr, 61-Anderson, 63-Robertson RC, 73-Wares RC, 75-Tiny Thompson and 81-McKenzie. The (blank) backs are problem-free, with three lesser lights being 25-Gagnon (one-inch tear), 69-Giesebrecht RC (three punch holes) and 82-DeMarco RC (staining, rounded corners).
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