Lot # 2711: 1948-1952 Hockey Exhibits Partial Set (47/64)

Presented is a partially complete set of forty-seven cards (of sixty-four in the set) from the 1948-1952 Hockey Exhibits series. Included are two duplicates of "Chicago vs Montreal (7 players in front of goalie)." Condition is 8% Vg-Ex to Ex, 26% Gd to Vg, and 66% lesser. Keys: Abel (Pr-Fr), D. Bentley (Gd), Beliveau/side profile (Pr), M. Bentley (pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg+), Blake (pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg), Bouchard (Pr), Broda (Gd), Geoffrion (Pr), Harvey (Pr), Johnson (Gd+), Kennedy (Vg+), Lach (pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), Moore (Vg), Olmstead (tape residue on front, otherwise Vg-Ex), Rayner (Pr), Reardon (Pr), Richard/stick on ice (Pr), and Richard/stairs in background (Vg). Missing the following seventeen cards for completion: Barilko, Beliveau/standing on ice, Howe, Lumley, Rollins, Sloan, Detroit vs New York/Howe and Ranger on goal line, Maurice Richard shooting puck past Toronto goalie, Maurice Richard is on goalie, Open net; 9 of Rangers on ice, Two Canadiens in front of Detroit goalie, Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach in front of Ranger and Chuck Rayner, 5 Geoffrion shooting on Chicago goalie, Terry Sawchuk saves against 8, Detroit vs. Montreal-Canadiens score, Toronto vs. Montreal-Canadiens score, and Chicago vs. Montreal-Canadiens score. A very presentable medium- to lower-grade collection of cards with several notable highlights, representing an outstanding start to the completion of one of the most overlooked of all hockey issues. Total: 49 cards (partial set of 47 plus two duplicates).