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

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Lot #69:

1955 Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals and Gene Conley Milwaukee Braves (NL All-Stars) “Seattle Times” Original 8 x 8 News Photo (“Seattle Times” Hologram/MEARS LOA)

Cardinals great Stan Musial, right, shares a light locker room moment with his National League All-Star teammates (including Gene Conley, left) in this 1955 photo. Reverse includes: Affixed cutline, 1955 date stamps, editorial marking 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)