Flea market find

[thetruthisoutthere]

Although I'm a big Rangers fan for 55 years and only collect sigs of Rod Gilbert and Nick Fotiu, I have to say that is a very cool find.

Nice!!!

[irv]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

I picked up this Hockey puck in the original box today Guy said best he could remember it was his dads from early 40's but had no real info. I know nothing about except that These were the official NHL pucks for many years so any help as to date and value would be appreciated.
Jonathan

Great find!

I'd love to display that alongside my early Beehive hockey cards.

[Huysmans]

Hey Jonathan,

Great find. The Tyer company with CCM/Art Ross began producing pucks for use in the NHL in roughly 1942, with these early examples exhibiting the first orange rubberized logos utilized after decades of Spalding use going back to at least 1909 in the NHA (pre-NHL). These first Tyer Art Ross pucks saw action until 1950, with the larger second logo style pucks in use until 1958, with the first orange rubberized team logos appearing at this time.
Your puck I believe is more of a generic Tyer example that never saw use in the NHL, with even the earliest practice pucks used sporting orange CCM/Art Ross circular logos.
Regarding the "Andover" reference, the Tyer NHL pucks were produced in Buffalo, with some rarer early examples manufactured in Andover, putting a premium on any of those models. This refers again only to the NHL-used examples.
I would say that value is more realistically around $150.00 - 200.00, with the box being sufficiently rarer than the puck itself.
I hope this helps.


Brent

[Huysmans]

Here's an example of the first Tyer pucks the NHL used from 1942-50.

[baseball tourist]

Being Canadian albeit not really a hockey fan (I know, sacrilegious) I am compelled to enjoy this pick up! Nice find!!

[vintagesportscollector]

great info Brent

[Huysmans]

Thanks Joe.
I hope all is well with you.

And Chris, be careful....
You could get banned from Tim's for talk like that! 😒