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CHAMPION RACEHORSE CITATION (5)
<p style="line-height: 113%;"><span style="font-size: 13px; color: #3b3b3b;">Citation, a Triple Crown winner in 1948, is one of the top American<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>thoroughbreds<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>of all<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>time.<span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;"> </span>Listed<span style="letter-spacing: 0.85pt;"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing: 0.7pt;"> </span>several<span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span>memorabilia<span style="letter-spacing: 1pt;"> </span>items<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>showcasing<span style="letter-spacing: 0.65pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -0.4pt;"> </span>outstanding<span style="letter-spacing: 0.6pt;"> </span>thoroughbred.<span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span>All<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>in near mint condition. The first three are well made and sturdy<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>printing plates used<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -3pt;"> </span>produce images<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: 0.9pt;"> </span>leading<span style="letter-spacing: 0.5pt;"> </span>publications. They<span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;"> </span>also<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -0.65pt;"> </span>distinction<span style="letter-spacing: 0.45pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"> </span>being<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>unique,<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>one<span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">-of-a-kind</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.55pt;"> </span>items.</span></p><ol> <li><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #3b3b3b;">A fabulous heavy copper and wooden plate used for printing the August 1949 cover </span><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #3b3b3b;">of the <em>Tutf and Sport Magazine. </em>It Measures 9 ¼" x 12" x 1" accompanied by a complete copy of the magazine featuring Citation.</span></span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 13px; color: #3b3b3b;">A metal plate about 3 ½" x 16" used by the San Francisco Examiner newspaper to show the 1950 San Juan Capistrano Handicap finish at Santa Anita.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="line-height: 117%; color: #3b3b3b;">Another metal plate</span><span style="line-height: 117%; color: #3b3b3b;">, a little small</span><span style="line-height: 117%; color: #3b3b3b;">er than 2. Above, also used by the San Francisco Examiner to print the finish of San Juan Capistrano. One plate is a wide angle shot of the finish with the other having a four<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">-shot</span> sequence approaching the wire.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 13px; color: #3b3b3b;">Framed print of Citation standing left in a field by noted artist Allen Brewer, Jr. </span>The<span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: #3b3b3b;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; color: #3b3b3b;">overall</span><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; color: #3b3b3b;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; color: #3b3b3b;">frame</span><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; color: #3b3b3b;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; color: #3b3b3b;">is</span><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: -0.25pt; color: #3b3b3b;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; color: #3b3b3b;">22"</span><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; color: #3b3b3b;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; color: #3b3b3b;">L</span><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.45pt; color: #3b3b3b;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; color: #3b3b3b;">x</span><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: -0.9pt; color: #3b3b3b;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; color: #3b3b3b;">18"</span><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 1.9pt; color: #3b3b3b;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; color: #3b3b3b;">H.</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 113%; font-size: 13px; color: #3b3b3b;">A limited-edition pewter plate by the Victory Plate Racing Company to honor past Triple Crown victors. Designed by Wm. Armetale it contains no lead that was used in traditional pewter. It weighs about a pound and measure almost 8" in diameter.</span></li></ol>
Past Sports Card, Memorabilia, Non-Sports Card and Collecitble Auction Items
Other past auction items that may be of interest to you.
Red Pollard's Seabiscuit Saddle
Red Pollard Signed 1940 Santa Anita Handicap Victory Photo
Charles Howard Signed Sea Biscuit Print
Red Pollard in his Tragic 1938 Spill
Seabiscuit and Trainer Tom Smith (1937)
Kentucky Derby - Churchill Downs
Seabiscuit v. Ligaroti (1938)
