Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2020
The world’s most famous and successful hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens tower above all other clubs historically, with their 24 Stanley Cup championships to go forever unmatched. This lot contains a massive Canadiens postcard and team-issued collection of approx 2,372, ranging from 1969-70, to 2008-09, with approx 161 examples signed. The breakdown for the items by year is as follows: 1969-70 – 79 colour postcards including 6 signed (Backstrom, Cournoyer, Bordeleau, Savard, JC Tremblay and G. Tremblay), 1970-71 – 28 postcards, 1971-72 – 49 Pro Star postcards including Dryden, 1971-72 – 63 postcards including Lafleur and Dryden (rookies), and more! Also included, there are approx 150 misc items including premiums, photos, advertising, postcards and more, with roughly 20 signed (Beliveau-4, E. Bouchard, Cournoyer-5, Lafleur-2, Rocket-5, Robinson, Theodore, Richard-2).
The continued breakdown for the items by year include 1971-72 – 32 Louisville Sports postcards, 1971-72 – 26 NHLPA postcards, 1972-73 – 43 postcards, 1972-73 – 20 Louisville Sports postcards including Dryden and Lafleur, 1973-74 – 57 postcards including Gainey rookie (2, with 1 signed) including 3 signed (Beliveau, P. Mahovlich), 1974-75 – 85 postcards, 1975-76 – 76 postcards, 1976-77 – 45 postcards, 1977-78 – 71 postcards, 1978-79 – 81 postcards including a complete set of 26, 1979-80 – 26 postcards, 1980-81 – 30 postcards including 1 signed (Richard), 1981-82 – 30 postcards, 1982-83 – 31 postcards, 1982-83 – 46 Steinberg cards, 1983-84 – 35 postcards including 1 signed (Richard), 1984-85 – 33 postcards, 1985-86 – 47 postcards including Roy (rookie), 1986-87 – 25 postcards including 2 signed, 1987-88 – 53 postcards including Roy, 1988-89 – 32 postcards including 1 signed, 1989-90 – 35 postcards including 1 signed, 1989-90 – 24 Kraft hockey cards, 1990-91 – 41 postcards including 1 signed (Schneider), 1991-92 – 44 postcards including 1 signed (LeClair), 1992-93 – 34 postcards including 3 signed (Keane, LeClair and Schneider), 1993-94 – 16 program inserts with 3 signed (Roy, Brunet and Brisebois), 1993-94 – 37 postcards including 6 signed (Roy, Bellows, Lebeau, Keane Schneider and Wilson), 1994-95 – 39 postcards including 2 signed (Sevigny, Brunet), 1995-96 – 44 postcards, 1996-97 – 36 postcards including 3 signed, 1995-96 – 13 program inserts with 1 signed (Recchi), 1996-97 1 program insert signed by Roy, 1997-98 – 36 program inserts including 1 signed (Theodore), 1997-98 – 37 postcards including 4 signed, 1998-99 – 48 postcards including 13 signed, 1999-00 – 76 postcards including 29 signed, 2000-01 – 49 postcards including 5 signed, 2001-02 – 47 postcards including 4 signed, 2002-03 – 30 program inserts, 2002-03 – 33 postcards with 1 signed (Lafleur), 2003-04 – 62 postcards with 1 signed (Lafleur), 2002-04 – 39 Metro Habs programs, 2005-06 – 36 postcards, 2006-07 – 41 program line-up cards, 2006-07 – 31 postcards, 2007-08 – 36 postcards including Price (rookie), 2007-08 – 40 program line-up cards, 2008-09 – 24 Lasemaine cards (6 uncut sheets of 4 cards per sheet), 2008-09 – 27 “Ring of Honor” cards, 2008-09 – 23 program line-up cards. Additional misc. items include 103 Molson Export hockey cards including 48 signed (Beliveau, E. Bouchard, Moore, Savard, Cournoyer, Robinson, Lafleur and others), 8 Habs mini retirement banners, and more! There is heavy duplication within the group, with the majority of the postcards exhibiting light to moderate handling wear.
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