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7 Sports 1940s-50s Wire and Other Photos – Rupp, Moran, Mathias, Fitzsimmons.
Lot 121. 7 Sports 1940s-50s Wire and Other Photos – Rupp, Moran, Mathias, Fitzsimmons. Two photos are of Olympic decathlon champion Bob Mathias, one by UPI (two images, 6” x 9”) and the other by Acme Telephoto (1949, receives sportsmanship award, 7” x 9”, vg-ex with peripheral creases, chips and tears). Horse trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons is the subject of a 1953 UPI 7” x 9” photo with attached caption, vg+ to ex. Tennis player Gertrude “Gorgeous Gussie” Moran is shown shopping while holding a racquet in Paris in a 5” x 8” Acme photo with caption. Other photos are of Tom Harmon with Mickey Davies, 8” x 10”, LA photographer, ex; Adolph Rupp, 5” x 7”, U. of Kentucky photo, ex, and Frank Sedgman, who won U.S. and Wimbledon singles tennis championships, 4” x 5 ½”, probable wire photo, ex with crop marks. As a bonus, this collection includes a 1962-63 University of Kentucky media guide with Rupp and Cotton Nash on the cover, ex.
Winning Bid $25.
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