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LOT 51

Lot 51

Maurice 'The Rocket' and Henri 'Pocket Rocket' Richard Signed Photograph, c.1955

Maurice 'The Rocket' and Henri 'Pocket Rocket' Richard Signed Photograph, c.1955
Lot 51 Details
Maurice 'The Rocket' and Henri 'Pocket Rocket' Richard Signed Photograph, c.1955

gelatin silver print, signed in marker, taken in the locker room at the Montreal Forum, museum mounted, framed
10 x 8 in — 25.4 x 20.3 cm; frame 15.75 x 12.75 in — 40 x 32.4 cm

Estimate $300-$400

Realised: $840
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Maurice 'The Rocket' and Henri 'Pocket Rocket' Richard Signed Photograph, c.1955
  • Maurice 'The Rocket' and Henri 'Pocket Rocket' Richard Signed Photograph, c.1955
Provenance:

Geoff and Russ Courtnall's Sports Grill, Vancouver, BC, 2002

Note:

Brothers Maurice and Henri Richard’s [combined efforts helped to win] 19 Stanley Cup championships between them. Maurice “The Rocket” was the first player in the history of the NHL to score 500 career goals, and was also the captain of four of the Montreal Canadiens’ five Stanley Cup wins in a row during the 1950s. In fact, such was his impact on the sport that, after his retirement, the Hockey Hall of Fame waived its three-year waiting period to induct him immediately. And Henri, nicknamed “The Pocket-Rocket,” was no slouch: by the time he hung up his skates, he’d compiled 358 goals, 688 assists and an NHL-record 11 Stanley Cups, all with Montreal.
-Glen Levy for Time Magazine, Jan. 29, 2013

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