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Lot # 800: 1958 Martin Luther King and Wife Photograph (PSA Type I)

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "Summer Classic 2022",
which ran from 8/28/2022 7:00 PM to
9/17/2022 10:00 PM



Original Type I photograph capturing Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife posing with a nurse and friends at Harlem Hospital in New York City on September 30, 1958. King was in the hospital recovering from surgery after he was stabbed by a mentally unstable woman at a book signing in Harlem just ten days earlier. Two Brown Brothers credit stamps appear on the reverse, along with a handwritten caption and the date "9/30/58." The photo (8x10") displays a few light surface wrinkles and is otherwise in Excellent condition. Culled from the legendary Brown Brothers Photo Archive. PSA encapsulated as Type I Authentic.

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