Lot # 94: 1930 Honus Wagner (HOF) Original Type I News Service Photo (PSA/DNA)

Starting Bid: $200.00

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Item was in Auction "Fall, 2024 Premier Auction",
which ran from 11/12/2024 12:00 PM to
11/30/2024 9:00 PM



John Peter "Honus" Wagner grabs a bat in this 6" x 8" Type I photo from the Associated Press. The occasion was an old-timers game hosted at Braves Field on September 8, 1930 that featured over 50 veterans from the 1880's-1920's. Before a reported 22,000 fans, a team of Boston old-timers competed against a team of old-timer "All-Stars" to help raise charity funds for both the Children's Hospital of Boston and the Professional Baseball Player's of America Charity Fund. Superb fresh to the hobby example provides a fantastic look at "The Flying Dutchman" and remains free of obtrusive flaws worthy of note. Surprisingly clean verso includes large paper caption from the Associated Press detailing the scene. A panoramic photo from Lou Criger's estate, captured that very day, sold in our Winter 2016 Premier Auction and pictures nearly all old-timers in attendance. Interestingly, only four former players known to have been present do not appear in the photo, with Honus Wagner being one of the four (Hugh Bedient, Ralph Glaze, and Larry Doyle are also not represented). Authenticated and encapsulated as a Type I photo by PSA/DNA.

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