17th Apr, 2024 11:00

Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents - Timed Auction

 
  Lot 5
 

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BANNISTER ROGER: (1929-2018)

BANNISTER ROGER: (1929-2018) English athlete, the first man in history to run the mile in less than four minutes. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the slightly grainy reproduction image depicting Bannister in a full-length pose crossing the line at the Iffley Road Track in Oxford on 6th May 1954 to become the first man to run a sub-4 minute mile. Signed by Bannister in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area at the centre of the image. About EX


 

BANNISTER ROGER: (1929-2018) English athlete, the first man in history to run the mile in less than four minutes. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the slightly grainy reproduction image depicting Bannister in a full-length pose crossing the line at the Iffley Road Track in Oxford on 6th May 1954 to become the first man to run a sub-4 minute mile. Signed by Bannister in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area at the centre of the image. About EX