May 22, 2008 - Sale 2147

Sale 2147 - Lot 430

Price Realized: $ 168
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 80 - $ 120
(WARD LINE.) "Morro Castle." Group of over 30 full sheets from New York City newspapers reporting on the catastrophe, covering the period from 09-16 September 1934, including front pages, lists of survivors, lists of dead, etc; each leaf silked. These are individual leaves rather than complete newspapers, with only news of the ship retained. New York, 1934

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Newspapers include: New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, Daily Mirror, and New York World-Telegram.