This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/31/2011
Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente is pictured here collecting his 3000th and final career hit in a photo circulated after his tragic death. Measures 7" x 10". Editor's notations handwritten on reverse with Jan 3 1973 stamp. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (M0650)
The original Boston Herald was founded in 1846 by a group of Boston printers jointly under the name of John A. French & Company. The paper was published as a single two-sided sheet, selling for one cent. This is an original photo, in many cases a Type 1 printed at the time of the event. File copies or type 2 photos are also found, and can be distinguished by the markings on the reverse.
(MEARS Auction LOA~SB)