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Rare 4” x 6” Sepia 1916 Wedding Picture of Honus Wagner and Bessie Smith.
Lot 14. Rare 4” x 6” Sepia 1916 Wedding Picture of Honus Wagner and Bessie Smith. Even Wagner’s granddaughter didn’t have a copy of this photo. An earlier owner made a copy of it for her. This is the original from the wedding on Dec. 30, 1916. Wagner was 42, and Smith, 27. He had met her at least eight years earlier. Although rumors of their impending marriage were rampant, they managed to avoid reporters. They were married in a simple, private evening ceremony in Carnegie, Pa. The photo has an inoffensive crease away from the Wagners in the lower right corner and stains from production of the photo on the blank back. Were it not for the corner crease, it would be nm. The images could not be clearer or sharper.
Winning Bid $990.
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