Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2022
Originating from the collection of sport's journalist Allen Abel, we have a group of Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos items featuring mostly programs along with a number of unique media passes issued to Abel. Included, we have 29 total 1970s/80s Expos and Blue Jays programs/scorecards including spring training examples, with 16 Expos programs/scorecards including 4 with ticket stubs stapled to the interior along with a 1981 spring training program with Abel's media pass stapled to the interior and a 1981 NL championship program with Abel's Olympic Stadium pass stapled to the interior. The Blue Jays programs total 11 and include a 1993 World Series program, Opening Day programs for 1977, 1978 and 1983 - with each sporting Abel's media pass stapled to the interior, and 3 early-1980s spring training programs with either a ticket stub or Abel's media pass stapled to the interiors. The lot also contains a 1992 World Series Game 5 ticket stub, seven Blue Jays media guides (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984), a 1978 Blue Jays batting order sheet, Abel's 1975 Expos Daily Pass, two 1986 Blue Jays Old-Timer's posters, and two different Rawlings Official 2000 World Series baseballs. The majority of the items show light to moderate wear.
Covering the world's greatest sporting endeavors for half a century which included serving for a decade on Capitol Hill and in the briefing room of the White House, longtime journalist, sports columnist, producer and on-air television correspondent Allen Abel has traveled to over one hundred countries, witnessing epic battles and accomplishments from the press box; from Ali vs Fraser, to the Miracle On Ice, the genesis of Gretzky, to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Winning six National Magazine awards for political, travel and sports writing as a contributor to numerous publications including Sports Illustrated and Maclean's, Abel was also an on-air host, narrator, writer or producer on dozens of documentaries for HBO, Discovery, National Geographic, Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC and others. Abel has also authored a number of non-fiction works including 'The Short Life of Hughie McLoon — A True Story of Baseball, Magic, and Murder'
We are pleased to offer a number of desirable and seldom-seen items from Abel's personal 50-year sporting journey, including programs, media guides, tickets, press passes, autographs and much more, along with an impressive grouping of Olympic material personally acquired while working at a dozen Olympic Games.
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