MEARS Auction #33, Ends December 30th, 2011, 9:00 CST w/15-Minute Rule

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Lot #258:

1970 Steve Carlton St. Louis Cardinals "Boston Herald Collection Archives" Original 8" x 10" Photo (BH Hologram/MEARS LOA)

Hall of Fame hurler Steve Carlton is pictured here during his 1970 campaign with the St. Louis Cardinals. Measures 8" x 10". "Carlton 1970 Phil Phillies" handwritten on reverse. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (M0618)

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)