Lot # 1526: 1900s-1920s MLB Player Antique News Service Photo Lot of (10) with HOFers

Category: Baseball Items

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Item was in Auction "November 2018 Auction",
which ran from 11/2/2018 12:00 PM to
11/15/2018 11:30 PM



Period authenticity abounds with this antique collection of news service wire photos. Dating from the 1900s-1920s are (10) MLB player photos of various size, that were all taken for professional publication in newspapers of the period. With deference to trimming, these ancient images present in the GD to VG range, with (2) lesser as noted below.


Playing the lead roles are (4) HOFer photos with: 1.) Harry Hooper trimmed to form and mounted to a 6-1/2 x 10-1/4" backer; 2.-3.) George Sisler: 4-1/2 x 6-1/2" and 3-3/8 x 3-1/8" (PR-FR); 4.) Paul Waner 2-1/8 x 3 with professional cropping marks

 

Also present are: 5.) Fred Burchell 2-1/2 x 4-1/4"; 6.) Donie Bush 2-1/8 x 2-1/2"; 7.) Frank Snyder 2-1/4 x 5"; 8.) Bobby "Braggo" Roth; 9.) Ernie Shore 2-3/8 x 4-1/2" (FR); 10.) identified on the reverse as "Burke, Brooklyn" and dated 1913, 5-1/8 x 4-3/4" (possibly Sandy Burk, a Dodgers pitcher 1910-1912)

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