Greetings fellow collectors and hockey historians. My name is David Martell. Some of you may know me from my Vintage Memorabilia website www.globalvintage.ca or you have seen me as a vendor at the Toronto Expo and other shows throughout Canada these past 5 years. I am also a collector of vintage items related to the history of hockey in Western Canada and the USA. I have a temporary museum/gallery set up on my website which details some of the items I have in my collection. I am currently working on a new website dedicated to chronicalling the history of hockey in the western leagues ie. PCHL, WCHL, WHL, etc. I look forward to discussing the many areas of collectibility and sharing with you any information I may have regarding shows, rare items and of course anything related to collector interests. I collect vintage autograghs and have been a good friend of Garret Morrison aka "Knuckles" for about 7 years. I have had the pleasure of having Garret transpose these autograghs into cut signature cards. I am actively seeking autograghs and Paulins Hockey Cards of Dick Irvin Sr., Bill Cook, Herb Gardiner, George Hainsworth, Lorne Chabot, George Hay, Barney Stanley, Newsy Lalonde, Duke Keats, Hal Winkler, Bullet Joe Simpson, Clem Loughlin, Charlie Gardiner, Hugh Lehman, Red Dutton, Ed Oatman, Harry Oliver and Rusty Crawford. All of these players (most of which are HOFers) played in the Western Canada Hockey League 1923-25. Any assistance in acquiring these items would be appreciated. Thanks for having me. Dave
David, welcome. I believe you bought my Lord Stanley autograph through Garret and maybe some others. I may be able to help with a couple of names on your list too. Good to see you on board.
