Oct 25, 2016 - Sale 2426

Sale 2426 - Lot 335

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(1932 WINTER OLYMPICS--LAKE PLACID)
A selection of approximately 85 photographs of champion athletes at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
With Sonje Henie, Billy Fiske, and various international teams, as well as luminaries at the opening/closing ceremonies (with multiple images of President Roosevelt, who is shown standing), overviews of the site and views of various courses, all by the local press photographer Roger L. Moore. Silver prints, most of the images measuring 4 3/4x6 1/2 inches (12.1x16.5 cm.), a few are larger, and the reverse, nearly all with Moore's hand stamp on verso, and several with penciled notations; with more than 15 negatives and a few duplicate prints. 1932