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17 Mets Wire Photos – Seaver, Stengel, Mays, Hodges, 1969 Miracle Mets.
Lot 223. 17 Mets Wire Photos – Seaver, Stengel, Mays, Hodges, 1969 Miracle Mets. Seven photos are from 1969, when the Mets captured their first World Championship. Six are 7” x 9” glossy photos from UPI: 1. Gil Hodges with his daughter, who holds a sign designating him “Manager of the Year,” g-vg, looks better. 2. Equipment manager hangs up uniforms at spring training, vg-ex. 3. Fans try for an autograph from Gary Gentry, ex. 4. Former manager Casey Stengel, living in California, roots for the Mets in the World Series, vg. 5. Fans flood the field after the Mets win the Series, ex, no border on one side. 6. Jerry Koosman and Pearl Bailey celebrate the Mets’ success, ex, no border on one side. 7. Also, AP, 6” x 8”, Gentry and Jim Palmer, Series starting pitchers, p-f. 8. Willie Mays portrait, 8” x 10”, no source, vg-ex, nice Mays photo. There are three Tom Seaver photos: 9. 1971 UPI, 5” x 6”, portrait, Seaver marks his 20-win, 1.76 ERA season, ex, corner creases outside the image area. 10. 1975 AP 8” x 10” facsimile, Seaver takes a salary cut, ex. 11. 1976 AP 8” x 10” facsimile, Seaver with M. Donald Grant, Mets chairman, vg. Stengel is in three photos: 12. 1965, Central Press Bureau, 8” x 10” glossy, Stengel and a child in Florida, vg, ½” edge tear, nice Stengel image. 13. 1971 UPI 7” x 9” glossy, Stengel releases a pigeon at a Dodgers Old Timers game in Los Angeles, corner clipped, doesn’t affect Stengel’s image, vg-ex. 14. 1968 UPI 8” x 10” glossy, sculptress Rhoda Sherbell with a statue of Stengel, ex, corner creases. Also: 15. Donn Clendenon hitting a home run, 1969 UPI 8” x 10” glossy, corner creases, ex. 16. 1962 UPI 7” x 9” glossy, Larry Bearnarth with Syracuse Chiefs manager Frank Verdi, g. 17. 1961 UPI 7” x 7 ½” glossy, Mets officials George Weiss and Don Grant, edited for publication, vg.
Winning Bid $102.
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