Feb 27, 2014 - Sale 2340

Sale 2340 - Lot 102

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 4,500
HOFF, CHARLES (1902-1985)
Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson fight, June 27, 1959. Silver print, 10 3/8x13 1/4 inches (26.3x33.7 cm.), with a newspaper clipping of this image with the caption "Count Down" on mount verso. 1959
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On June 26, 1959, Johansson knocked-out Patterson in the third round, a stunning upset, and won the world heavyweight title. This was the actual print submitted for Pulitzer Prize consideration.