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
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