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Type 1 Photo of Jackie Robinson’s Dodgers exhibition debut up for bid at Goldin
Baseball is back and there is one name that is top of mind almost every day—Jackie Robinson.
Robinson made his MLB debut on April 15, 1947, breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
On April 10, 1947, Robinson played for the Triple-A Montreal Royals against the Brooklyn Dodgers, which announced the purchase of his contract in the middle of the game. The next day, on April 11, Robinson wore jersey No. 42 for the Dodgers for the first time, driving in a team-high three runs and playing flawless defense at first base in a 14-6 exhibition win over the rival Yankees.
A Type 1 photo of Robinson’s exhibition debut with the Dodgers is up for bid in the March Sports Elite and Pop Culture Auction at Goldin Co.
Other Type 1 sports photos in the auction include:
• A 1985 Mike Tyson pro debut photo in which his mentor Gus D’Amato is seen lacing Tyson’s gloves, as well as an action shot from the same fight that depicts an rare image of Tyson before his first win. A previous pro debut action photo of Tyson recently sold for a record-breaking $20,745 in September.
• The earliest known example of a signed Type 1 photo of Serena and Venus Williams in 1996, one of the earliest known signatures from the legendary tennis sisters.
• A Type 1 photo of Michael Jordan in 1990 wearing a jersey No. 12 for the first and only time after an Orlando Magic security staff member swiped his famous No. 23 jersey from the locker room.
The March Elite and Pop Culture auctions run through March 30 and April 13, respectively.
