This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/2/2011
Displaying the final meeting of two of boxing's greatest, these four 8" x 10" photos show Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali trading blows just weeks before Marciano died in a plane crash. Reverse includes: date stamps, affixed cutlines, date stamps, written notations and a St. Petersburg Times hologram.
The St. Petersburg Times traces its origin to the West Hillsborough Times, a weekly newspaper started in Duedin, Florida in 1884. 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.
(j0490)
(MEARS Auction LOA~SB)