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Lot # 1287: Collection Of Over 1000 Wire And Press Photos-- Assorted Sports

Category: All Sports

Starting Bid: $200.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "December 2005",
which ran from 11/22/2005 12:00 AM to
11/30/2005 9:00 PM



Vast grouping of black and white wire and press photographs dating from the 1950’s to the 1980’s with many different sports represented. Two hundred very nice basketball images, from that time period. Hall of Famers here include: Tiny Archibald, Paul Arizin, Dave Bing, Dave Cowens, Julius Erving, Walt Frazier, John Havlicek, Elvin Hayes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob Lanier, Jerry Lucas, Earl Monroe, Calvin Murphy, Bob Pettit, Willis Reed, Oscar Robertson, Wes Unseld and Bill Walton. The largest section is the hockey section, with 400 hockey photos. Jean Beliveau, Mike Bossy, Bobby Clarke, Marcel Dionne, Ken Dryden, Phil Esposito, Ed Giacomin, Boom Boom Geoffrion, Wayne Gretzky, Glenn Hall, Stan Mikita, Bernie Parent, Brad Park, Gilbert Perreault, Jean Ratelle and Darryl Sittler are just some of the greats here. Also, 50 tennis photos with Andre Agassi, Maureen Connolly, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pancho Segura, Tony Trabert and Helen Wills-Moody in the bunch. Forty golf images including Nicklaus, Floyd, Ballesteros and Weiskopf. Olympic shots include mainly track and field stars, with Benoit, Coe, Didrickson (VG), Mathias, Nehemiah, Oerter and Waitz. Three hundred soccer photographs, with tons of college images from the 1960’s and 1970’s. Of course, Pele is here as well. A sprinkling of minor league baseball rounds out this giant collection. Sizes of the pictures are generally 8 x 10”, with a tiny portion of smaller shots. Excellent condition overall.

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