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Lot 1644: 1930's Sports Wire Photo Collection with Ruth, Ott, Gehrig & Bobby Jones (7)

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $300.00
Winning Bid: $841.61
Price Realized: $1,005.72
Auction Date:12/15/2006 9:00 PM EST

Collection of original black and white shots includes an 8 x 10" of Joe D. holding spaghetti on his fork while his two nieces look on (1936), an 8-1/2 x 6-1/2" of Ruth in the stands gazing out at the Yankee Stadium field (1932), an 8 x 10" of Mel Ott picking out a bat at the bat rack (1936), a 9 x 7" of Bobby Jones resting against a picket fence along with a young black man (1930), an 8-1/2 x 7" of Judge Keneshaw Landis in the stands at Shibe Park (1932), and finally a disturbing 10 x 7" of Lou Gehrig joking with his teammates about his recent diagnosis of "infantile paralysis" (1939).

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