Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 139

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(FINANCE.) Banner headline on Black Thursday, "Stocks Crash in Mad Stampede," in an issue of the Greensboro Daily News. 32 pages, 21¼ x 17 inches; disbound, light toning. Greensboro, NC, 25 October 1929
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This paper was released the day after the largest selloff of shares in the history of the American stock market. The sub-headline reads "Big Wall Street Operators Are Wealthier By Million After Selling Market Short." The market plunged yet further a few days later on Black Tuesday, ushering in the Great Depression.