2024 SPRING PREMIER AUCTION
Wed, Mar 27, 2024 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Apr 14, 2024 07:50AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 365
10/3/1951 Ralph Branca "The Agony" (After Giving Up "Shot Heard 'Round the World") Original Photo by Barney Stein PSA/DNA Type II, Stein Family Collec
Sold for
$300
Sold Price includes BP
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| $200 | $25 |
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| $500,000 | $50,000 |
Directly from the family estate collection of Barney Stein comes this powerful original PSA/DNA Type 2 photograph of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, Ralph Branca, dejected on the steps of the Polo Grounds visiting clubhouse shortly after he threw that fateful pitch to Bobby Thomson that became forever known as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World." On October 3, 1951, Thomson's three-run homer in the 9th inning gave the New York Giants a 5-4 walk-off victory in Game Three of the best-of-three playoff series and clinched a remarkable comeback for the Giants to win the National League pennant.According to Barney Stein's daughter, Bonnie, this famous image of Branca has been the most requested photo of all the thousands of special snapshots taken by her father during his 21-year career shooting 'Dem Bums. Thus, it's arguably the most important photograph Stein ever took, aptly calling it "The Agony" as it captures the true essence of dealing with the lowest of lows in sports. This pristine example was printed off its original negative from the famous Dodgers photographer's camera many years later.GENERATION: First (printed from original negative)PHOTOGRAPHER: Barney SteinSIZE: 8 x 10CONDITION: MintPROVENANCE: Family letter from Barney Stein's daughter Bonnie (Stein) CrosbyAUTHENTICATION: PSA/DNA Type II EncapsulatedThis same image is featured on page 8 of Through a Blue Lens, a 2007 book by Bonnie Crosby and Dennis D'Agostino (forewords by Peter O'Malley and Carl Erskine) that chronicled Barney Stein's 1937-1957 Brooklyn Dodgers photography.
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