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Lot # 283: OJ Simpson Family Photo Archive

Category: Football

Starting Bid: $5,000.00

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Item was in Auction "April 2007 Catalog",
which ran from 4/30/2007 12:00 AM to
5/3/2007 9:00 PM



If you couldn’t believe the drama that unfolded on your television set that day in June of 1994, wait until you see this - a vast collection of (predominantly) photos from the OJ Simpson family archives! An entire family’s life unfolds in this collection, from OJ’s parents as young adults to the brutal death of Nicole Brown Simpson. Included you will find 7 family-type photo albums spanning 1920s-1994, with captions, and candid snapshots of various sizes. Highlights include OJ’s parents Eunice Durden and Jimmy Lee Simpson, OJ’s aunts and uncles, OJ’s brothers and sisters and their families, various documents, receipts and advertisements, Sons of Light (a black fraternal organization), OJ throughout his life including a grammar school graduation photo of himself that he has signed “To Mother, From OJ,” OJ’s Hall of Fame induction, pictures of and handwritten notes from Nicole, including several photos with OJ and children, wedding pictures of OJ with his first wife Marguerite Whitley, class and military photos; assorted material including copies of pictures from the infamous murder scene, newspapr clippings, movie press kits, miscellaneous biographical and documentary information, Sons of Light brochures and programs; a large assortment of negatives and slides, many with OJ; hundreds of loose snapshots of OJ family members covering several decades; a large panoramic photo of OJ’s sister Mattie’s graduation with many of her classmates having signed on the back. An impressive archive and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the private life and events that shaped one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century.

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