1985 Original Slide Transparency JIM RICE Boston Red Sox HOF

DATE SHOT: Spring 1985

SUBJECT: Jim Rice

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 35mm in standard slide mount

MARKS / STAMPING: Mount is pre-printed with team name, player identification and position.

TYPE CLASSIFICATION: Original Promo Slide

COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is positive film that can be viewed with a backlight source without having to invert the image. As with original negatives, it can be used to produce high-quality photographic prints (no print is included with this item though). This is one of a large number of sports promo slides that I will be listing in the coming weeks. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to the mount's edges, but see scans for further details including film condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends.

James Edward Rice was born in 1953 in Anderson, SC. He played major league baseball from 1974 to 1989 as outfielder and DH for the Boston Red Sox, appeared in the 1986 World Series, was selected 8 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009. Rice has served as a Roving Batting Coach (1992-1994) and Hitting Instructor (1995-2000), and remains an Instructional Batting Coach (2001-present) with the Boston Red Sox organization. He is employed as a commentator for the New England Sports Network (NESN). In 1995, he was chosen as a member of the Red Sox Hall of Fame, and in 2001, he was elected to Ted Williams' Hitters Hall of Fame. On January 12th, 2009 Jim was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame after gathering 76.4% of the vote and became the 21st left fielder ever inducted. Rice became just the third player to be bypassed by voters for 14 years before squeezing in by a slim margin on his final try; the previous two such picks were Jim Bunning and Ralph Kiner.

Explanation of Type Classifications:

Type 1 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during the period (within two years of when the shot was taken).

Type 2 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during a later period (more than two years after the shot was taken).

Type 3 = A 2nd generation photograph, developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during the period.

Type 4 = A 2nd generation photograph (or 3rd or later generation), developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during a later period.

Original = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, which appears to be of the period but for which a print date cannot be determined for definitive Type classification. Essentially, a photo we feel is a Type 1, but which lacks certain elements necessary for definitive dating of the print.

For further information regarding "Type" classification of photographs, please refer to "A Portrait of Baseball Photography" by Fogel, Oser and Yee, and to PSA's website at http://www.psacard.com/Exhib/B-W-Photography/index.html.

LV01 SKU: LSP00170

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1985 Original Slide Transparency JIM RICE Boston Red Sox HOF1985 Original Slide Transparency JIM RICE Boston Red Sox HOF
1985 Original Slide Transparency JIM RICE Boston Red Sox HOF
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