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Lot 470: 1957 Jackie Robinson Won't Go To Giants Original Look Magazine Photograph by Arthur Rothstein

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $300.00
Winning Bid: $294.98
Price Realized: $352.50
Auction Date:6/26/2005 9:00 PM EST

Oversized, page-ready original of a legend whose size cannot be measured. This Look Magazine photo of Jackie Robinson ran the next month after he announced his retirement. The picture ran as part of a Jan. 22, 1957 story on Robinson titled "My Future." The Dodgers informed him in December 1956 that he had been traded to the Giants. Robinson quit instead. The 11 by 13-inch black and white image captivates (EX). The Look stamp is affixed to the back, with the photographer (Arthur Rothstein), title (Jackie Robinson) and issue (Jan. 22, 1957) typed in. Dressed in his winter best with hair turning gray, Robinson looks like an elder statesman with another season in him. It didn't happen. He took a job with Chock Full O' Nuts.

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