Lot # 103: c.1926 Yankee Stadium PSA Type l Encapsulated Cosmo-Sileo Photo – Measures Approx. 8” x 10”

Category: Photos

Starting Bid: $200.00

Bids: 10 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Spring Rarities Auction 2020",
which ran from 5/6/2020 12:00 PM to
5/30/2020 7:00 PM




(LOT 103)
c.1926 Yankee Stadium PSA Type l Encapsulated Cosmo-Sileo Photo – Measures Approx. 8" x 10"

From 1913 – 1922, the New York Yankees would share the Polo Grounds with their cross-town rival New York Giants, coincidently playing and losing to them in both the 1921 and 1922 World Series contests. "Sharing a ballpark" would ultimately end at the start of the 1923 season, with the exalted opening of the newly constructed Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Appropriately dubbed "The House That Ruth Built", construction on the new park had commenced in 1922, ending in early April 1923 just in time for the Yankees opening game of the season on April 18th against their arch rival Boston Red Sox.

Housing virtually 75,000 fans, the construction cost totaled nearly $2.5 Million and was completely funded by wealthy Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert. After winning the world championship in the Stadium's inaugural 1923 season, it would take three years before the Yankees returned to the Fall Classic, falling one-game short to the St. Louis Cardinals in the tightly contested 1926 seven-game World Series. This outstanding 8" x 10" photo portrays the "Cathedral-like" Yankee Stadium in a classic sepia-toned image that reveals the legendary outside "entrance" of this iconic ballpark.

The brilliant aesthetics are a result of fine contrast, crystal clear clarity, and the lack of any obtrusive surface blemishes, with a seemingly countless number of avid fans and period-style automobiles situated outside the legendary ballpark. The final compliment are several "COSMO NEWS PHOTO" stamps affixed to the verso, with this imposing heirloom transcending time to an era when the "Bambino" would ultimately lead the Yankees to four World Championships in the hallowed "House That Ruth Built"! - PSA Type 1 Encapsulation

MIN BID $200
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