This week I have another guest blog for you from Orr collector extraordinaire Danny. Here he is in his own words.
In 1970-71 till the 1972-73 season the “National Hockey Players Association” also known as the NHLPA started getting into the thick of things in the hobby with Dads Cookies – Colgate Stamps + Heads – Eddie Sargent or Finast Photos – Post Cereal Mini Sticks, Shooters + Transfers etc…..
This week on the Blog I am featuring a few oddball items that was also released by the NHLPA.
First off we have this set of a 1971-72 NHLPA pillow cover and bed spread.
Pillow cover is in Black print simulated auto’s while the bed spread is in Blue print simulated auto’s.
Both items have totally different players autographed on each one. Pillow case has Bobby Orr along with T.Esposito, Tallon, Binkley, Van Impe, Williams, Crozier, Bergman, Perreault, Bucyk, Dionne, Brewer, Ellis, Nevin, Gilbert, Dryden, Howell, Smith, D.Hull and Stapleton.
The Single bed spread has P.Esposito, Favell, Dudley, Hadfield, Marshall, Keon, Paimount, Mahovlich, Stanfield, B.Hull, Berenson, Maniago and Westfall.
Pillow case and Bed spread (single mattress size) are both made by “Wabasso”, imagine the sweet dreams the original owner had sleeping with these covers. I currently have the Pillow cover on the wall under a sheet of plexy glass and the Bed spread on top of a pull out couch in the Bobby Orr Room.
The second item featured is a large “Alladin” made thermos which has a lot of the same simulated auto’s as the Pillow Cover and Bed spread but with additional different auto’s, along with Bobby Orr there are additions like Clarke, Henderson, Wall, Awrey etc….. It seems it is also 1971-72 as we know there cannot be any WHA players and Bobby Hull is present along with the Rookie Ken Dryden.
Just imagine the thermos having Hot Chocolate or hot soup along the kids bedside back in the day with matching Pillow Case and Bed covering. This would make a great collectible not only for Bobby Orr collectors but many other Hockey Super Stars.
So in conclusion, NHLPA offered many oddities in the hobby along with its main stream sets listed above, there are most likely more items out there yet to be surfaced and I have seen Pencil cases, Patches etc… but without Bobby Orr’s Photo or Auto.
Thank you Danny for sharing some great Orr collectibles as well as the information about them. Definitely looking forward to more posts from you in the future.
See you again next weekend with more Bobby Orr memorabilia.
Your welcome Gary,
Forgot to mention that the bed spread is folded a few times on that couch but it is a lot bigger than what it shows on top of the couch.
Today i wrote another story for your blog, it is going to be a good one !
Stay tuned folks.
Are items like these harder to collect, since they cross over so many other players? Do they get snatched up faster?
Goog,they certaintly can be more difficult to snatch up as you are competing against player collectors that collect Ken Dryden, Bobby Hull, Dave Keon Etc…
But to be honest with you the pillow case has only appeared on eBay twice, the bed spread never as i bought mine at an antique show but the thermos does come up once in awhile on eBay at an average of $20 to $40.
Couldn’t have answered your question any better than Danny did Goog.
Not sure if you knew that I have the pillow case Danny. I won it the last time it showed up on Ebay. I have never seen the bed spread and I see the thermos but just haven’t gotten it yet.
Gary, the bed spread will not come up on Bobby Orr searches as his Auto is not on that piece. It really is not an Orr piece but i bought it knowing that it does complete the set along with the Pillow case which does have the Orr Auto on there.
So the only 2 Pillow cases that did come up on ebay was won by you and i.
We just bought out a basement full of stuff, including sets back to the 30s and programs going just as far back. One of the items was that Thermos, but I think I’m going to use it to hold coffee at the Expo just to screw with people!
That would be very cool Wayne!
If that pillow case is not on your bed there will be trouble