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Lot 54: John A. Heydler and Baseball’s First Sound Film (1923)

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Reserve: $100.00
Winning Bid: $147.49
Price Realized: $176.25
Auction Date:8/28/2006 9:00 PM EST

The National League President appears with inventor Charles A. Hoxie of the General Electric Company. Heydler will give a talk on the game which will be photographed and recorded with a new process known as Pallo-Photophone. Incredibly, this is the first baseball sound film. International News stamp on the verso. Original paper caption. EX+. 7x9”.

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