TENNIS CHAMPION RENE LACOSTE REAL PHOTO POSTCARD PAIR.
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Auction #202 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1553 in auction 202
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Item Description
Both are c. 1920s printed in France. One shows him playing with Jean Borotra and the other shows him holding racket. Upper right side of first card has moisture mark in .75x1.25" area with some surface paper residue on reverse from album removal. Fine. Second card is Exc. Lacoste won seven Grand Slam singles titles in the 1920s and was the world's number one player in 1926 and 1927. He and Borotra were members of The Four Musketeers along with Jacques Brugnon and Henri Cochet. In 1933 Lacoste co-founded a clothing company which produced a tennis shirt with an alligator embroidered on the chest, still popular to this day. Nice images. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake's COA.
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