Lot 370. 17 LA Dodgers Vintage Photos Including Wire Photos, a 1961 Manny’s Partial Set, Etc. All of these photos are b&w. Subjects of the two wire photos are Jim Gilliam sliding home against Cincinnati, UPI, 1965, ex+; and Claude Osteen, swarmed by autograph seekers as he joins his hometown Dodgers, UPI, 1965, ex-m+. The wire photos are 7” x 9” with captions. Seven of the 10 Dodgers in the Manny’s team set are present: Drysdale ex+, Koufax ex-m, Larker ex-m+, Moon ex+, Neal ex, Podres vg+ and Sherry ex-m. This collection includes two Dodgers team-issued 8” x 10” photos: Lefty Phillips and Willie Davis, ex-m. Chuck Churn is in a 5” x 7” photo. Three photos show minor leaguers as Dodgers who never made it to the majors: Dan Gatta and Carroll Beringer (each 2.5” x 3.5”) and Allen Norris (3.5” x 5”). Beringer coached in the majors for the LA team. The other photos picture Luis Alcaraz (2.5” x 3.5”) and Larker as a member of the Toei Giants in Japan (2.75” x 4.5”). These smaller photos are ex-m and originate in a minor league collection.
Winning Bid $35.
