MEARS Auction #32, Ends November 26th, 2011, 9:00 CST w/15-Minute Rule

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Lot #8:

1927 Lloyd & Paul Waner Pittsburgh Pirates "Boston Herald Archives" Original 6" x 8" Photo (Boston Herald Hologram/MEARS LOA)

Brothers Paul and Lloyd Waner are pictured here shortly before the start of the 1927 World Series between their Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees. Measures 6" x 8". "Paul Waner & Lloyd Waner" handwritten on reverse with affixed cutline and various date stamps. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (L0310)

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)