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Lot 1693: Jesse Owens Photograph by Leni Riefenstahl (8”x10”)

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Reserve: $200.00
Winning Bid: $468.83
Price Realized: $560.25
Auction Date:6/18/2003 9:00 PM EST

The ’36 Olympic Games belonged to Jesse Owens, America’s humble hero defied and embarrassed Hitler, winning four gold medal in a single afternoon. Creased border and corners do nothing to detract from this terrific image taken by this famed renaissance woman. VG-EX. Used in the film Olympia (considered by many to be the greatest documentary ever made) it is stamped by her on the verso.

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