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Lot # 907: John L. Sullivan Glass Plate Negative

Starting Bid: $200.00

Bids: 5 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Late Summer Classic 2021",
which ran from 8/22/2021 7:00 PM to
9/25/2021 10:00 PM



Tremendous late 1800s portrait of boxer John L. Sullivan in this original, from-the-camera, one of a kind glass plate negative. The 6.25x8.25" plate has a 1885 copyright by John Wood of New York right near Sullivan's boot, though the negative is likely from the 1890s. Sullivan is considered the last Heavyweight Champion of the bare-knuckle era and the first of the gloved era, securing his place in boxing immortality. Though it's over a century and a quarter old, great images can be generated from this negative today thanks to another gift from the extensive Brown Brothers archive.

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