2650

$1,659.00

LARGE FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 1888 YALE FOOTBALL TEAM WITH A 1891 YALE FOOTBALL COMMEMORATIVE STERLING MATCH SAFE BY TIFFANY & CO.

1) Large photograph showing the 11 man team in uniform in a park setting, the center man holding the ball titled “Champions 1888.” The period grain painted frame having applied paper strips: the bottom naming each player, the top “1888-13 games Yale undefeated, unscored, untied,” The left side having each games Yale score, the right side with the opponents’ scores of all 0. 2) Football shaped match safe marked “Tiffany & Co T7971 Sterling.” Script monogram on verso, the front in relief “Football 1891 Yale 10, Harvard 0, Yale 19, Princeton 0, Yale 492, Opponents 0″ SIZE: 1) 20″ x 28-1/2”. Overall: 26″ x 34-3/4″ 2) 1 troy oz, 2-1/4″ x 1-1/4″ CONDITION: 1) Generally very good, strips of paper time toned and one taped. 2) Very good. 9-93861 (500-1,000) – Lot 2650

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Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antiques - August 2014

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