A Trio of Photographs and Ephemera Relating to Golfer Gene Sarazen Including Signed Portrait
This lot consists of three black-and-white photographs and a clipped envelope fragment featuring professional golfer Gene Sarazen. The first item is a portrait photograph of Sarazen in mid-swing before a gallery, wearing his signature knickers. The photograph is signed in blue ink, Sincerely from Gene Sarazen 1989. The reverse features a repeated Kodak manufacturer watermark. The second item is a larger press photograph showing Sarazen shaking hands on a green with the Miami Biltmore Hotel prominently in the background. The reverse is stamped with the photographer mark C. E. Engelbrecht, News Pictures, Miami Biltmore, Coral Gables, Florida. The third item is a candid photograph depicting Sarazen alongside Johnny Revolta at a golf course water fountain, with identification handwritten on the reverse. The collection also includes a clipped fragment from a brown craft paper envelope featuring a handwritten return address from Gene Sarazen in Marco Island, Florida, with a partial postmark from Fort Myers, Florida, dated June 8, 1992.
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