Over 800 original slides and transparencies used to create sports images in the 1950s and 60s are now on the auction block. The collection largely dates to a time when the use of color in photography was an expensive endeavor, utilized almost exclusively by professionals working for major magazines or other media outlets. Some of them were from shots captured by Lee … [Read more...]
Collector Matches Babe Ruth Bat To Famous 1921 Photo
The Photo Match Guy continues to hit the jackpot. Justin Cornett, who owns an oil brokerage firm in Houston, has photo-matched a Babe Ruth bat he bought at an auction two years ago to a famous International News Service image that was used for six different baseball cards produced from 1926 to 1937. “It’s like a lead pipe,” Cornett, 44, said of the bat, which measures 36 … [Read more...]
Vintage Photo Auction Includes Ruth, Robinson, Mantle, Other Sports Legends
Over 400 original sports photos from decades ago are on the auction block in Hyee Fall Premium Photography Auction. Heavy on baseball history, the auction includes numerous images either never seen before and seldom offered material from prominent photographers of the past. Many are original newspaper images, with decades-old captions still attached to the back. … [Read more...]
Fan’s 1920s Yankee Images Headline Large Photo Auction
A collection of rare candid photographs, apparently taken by a fan who had on-field access prior to a Yankees-White Sox game in the 1920s, is among the highlights in an online auction underway through Sunday. The collection of 14 images features Yankees players, including Babe Ruth. Unlike most fan snapshots that were taken at a distance, most of the photographs in the … [Read more...]
Jackson, Ruth, Gehrig Photos Headline Weekend Auction
Over 290 vintage sports-related photographs including one that was part of a Joe Jackson family scrapbook are on the auction block this weekend. Photo dealer Henry Yee’s Winter Premium Auction is being conducted on eBay through Sunday night. The 8x10 Jackson photo remains attached to the scrapbook page where it has rested for about a century. It shows the … [Read more...]
Rare, Classic Baseball Photos at Auction
Some rare and never before seen photographs of baseball stars like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle are among the 206 items offered in the final 2015 auction by vintage photo specialist Henry Yee. The classic baseball photos are originals, with some taken by well-known lensmen like George Grantham Bain. Some are transparencies and negatives. Others are … [Read more...]
Original 1939 Lou Gehrig Day Photo Headlines Yee Auction
An original Associated Press wire photo from Lou Gehrig Day at Yankee Stadium featuring Babe Ruth famously hugging his ALS-stricken teammate headlines a major vintage photograph auction now underway. Henry Yee Auctions is offering the 7x9” black and white image among thousands of lots up for bid in his quarterly auctions on eBay. The Type I photo includes the original … [Read more...]
Yee Auction Offers Massive Photo Stash
A major auction featuring hundreds of rare vintage sports photographs including numerous images of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Red Grange, Jim Thorpe, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente and other icons will close over the next two days. Long-time dealer Henry Yee’s Summer Premier Auction is his largest to date. While sports memorabilia … [Read more...]
Over 1,000 Vintage Photographs at Auction
More than 1,000 original sports photographs, including many rare Type 1 images, are on the block this weekend as HYee Auctions’ "Spring eBay Premier Auction" comes to a close. It’s the most comprehensive vintage photography auction to date for owner Henry Yee and one of the largest offerings of fine vintage photography ever held on eBay. There are over 3,500 lots covering … [Read more...]
Famous Babe Ruth Photo Stands Test of Time
Nat Fein described himself as “just a human interest photographer”, but on June 13, 1948, the young New Yorker captured one of the greatest images of all time as Babe Ruth made his final appearance at Yankee Stadium. Entitled “The Babe Bows Out”, the original image won a Pulitzer Prize, the first sports photograph ever to earn the prestigious honor. In 1999, LIFE magazine … [Read more...]