Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/29/2025
From the dawning of the hockey and lacrosse card era and when several athletes excelled at multiple sports comes this stash of C59 lacrosse cards, which includes ninety-six (96) of the one hundred (100) cards making up the checklist and features the likes of Hockey Hall of Famers Tommy Gorman, Joseph Cattarinich, Bouse Hutton and Paddy Moran. With other players who were prominent on skates during the winter and recognizable to hockey historians including the examples of 15-Currie, 18-Hutton, 20-Powers, 22-Butterworth, 26-MacMillan, 32-Degan, 38-Allen and 48-McKerrow, card #42 pictures Hall-of-Famer Tommy Burns and cards picturing lacrosse HOFers include #'s 56-T. Gifford, 58-G. Spring, 59-C. Spring, 60-Rennie, 65-Feeney, 66-J. Gifford and 67-Murton while another five enshrined in British Columbia's Lacrosse Hall of Fame. With the near-complete assembly found to be in an overall mix of conditions ranging from G to VG up to VG to VG-EX, the key cards include those of 16-Gorman (VG to VG-EX - miscut at the bottom as well as the left border), 18-Hutton (G to VG - corner wear and a small bend in the middle), 20-Powers (VG-EX to EX - light corner wear), 22-Butterworth (G to VG - corner wear and miscut at bottom border), 32-Degan (VG-EX to EX - ding at top left corner), 34-Phalen (GOOD - small crease at top area), 56-T. Gifford (GOOD - small stain plus front and back surface snow), 64-Rennie (G to VG - damage top left corner and border), 65-Feeney (PR to F - bad stain on the reverse and smudge on front), 67-Murton (G to VG - off-center and corner wear), 70-Felker (G to VG - corner and light surface wear), 75-Moran (FR to G - creased), 76-Querrie (PR to F - crease over his head and stain on the reverse), 85-Malone (GOOD - border chipping and tiny crease at right border) and 90-Cattarinich (PR to FR - crease at top left and red ink spots). Missing only cards 40, 41, 97-Lalonde and 100-Lalonde for a complete set, don't miss out on these fantastic pre-war beauties!
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