May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 286

Price Realized: $ 162
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(LAW.) Group of 3 press photographs from the confirmations of Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas. Each about 7 1/2 x 10 inches; lightly toned, with newspaper reference markings on verso. Washington, DC, 30 August 1967 and October 1991

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Justice Marshall is shown leaving after his successful confirmation hearing. Justice Thomas is shown at his contentious hearing, in which he called accusations of sexual harrassment a "high-tech lynching." Another photograph shows women protesting against Thomas on the steps of the Capitol.