MEARS Auction #30, Ends October 1st, 2011, 9:00 CST w/15-Minute Rule

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Lot #65:

1954-78 Sam Snead “Seattle Times” Original News Photo (“Seattle Times” Hologram/MEARS LOA) - Lot of 7

Golf great Sam Snead is pictured on the course and in personal moments in this vintage 7-photo collection. The pictures range between 8" x 8.5" and 8" x 10" in size. Reverse includes: Written notations, publication/photographer stamps, affixed cutlines and a Seattle Times hologram.

The Seattle Times originated as the Seattle Press-Times, a four page newspaper founded in 1891 with a daily circulation of 3,500, which Main’es teacher and attorney Alden J. Blethen bought in 1896. 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.

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(MEARS Auction LOA~SB)