Lot 30111 – Real photographic picture postcard of the famous marathon race showing Dorando Pietri running past the crowds at Harlesden
Lot 30111 – Real photographic picture postcard of the famous marathon race showing Dorando Pietri running past the crowds at Harlesden
Lot 30111 – Real photographic picture postcard of the famous marathon race showing Dorando Pietri running past the crowds at Harlesden
Olympics » 1908 London
Price realised
75 EUR
Estimate
50 – 70 EUR
Auction date
mer. 15 juin 2022 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
Real photographic picture postcard of the famous marathon race showing Dorando Pietri running past the crowds at Harlesden, unsent but with message from an American spectator on reverse that “one of our own country men won this great Race, but Dorando (an Italian) pretty near won but fell in the stadium three times…”, plus modern print of Pietri crossing the line.
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