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Lot # 359: Baseball Wire Photograph Collection (450+)

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "September 2007 Internet",
which ran from 9/23/2007 12:00 AM to
9/23/2007 9:00 PM



Mega baseball photo collection (450+) including photos of greats Ted Williams and Joe Morgan. Photos range in size from 2" x 3" to 8 1/2" x 12" and are in varying grades from GD-NRMT. Other wire photos show Walt Dubiel, NY Yankee hurler, as he was traded to the Seattle franchise of the Pacific Coast League. Giants infielder Hal Lanier and Bobby Bonds pictured in 1969, Red Sox manager Mike "Pinkey" Higgins, as well as Cubs star from the 30's- 40's Lon Warneke. Oriole's manager Billy Hitchcock is the subject of several shots, as is Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Vernon Law. There is also an interesting shot of Dwight Eisenhower shaking hands with Preston Bruce, Jr., who had just signed with the Pirates, as his father, well known White House doorman Preston Bruce, Sr., who served under 5 U.S. Presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, looks on.

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