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Babe Ruth
6 Lots
 Lot 225. Babe Ruth Images in 1920s-40s Publications. Two Ruth photos are part of two full New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial pages, from July 8, 1920 and March 24, 1921. The first shows him slugging his 21st home run on his way to a record-setting 54-home run season. The second shows him in a batting pose and as part of the Yankees team. Both pages have some edge chips and a tear away from the images. In a page from a 1921 issue of the National Police Gazette, Ruth is pictured in a series of individual photos that include Sisler, Speaker, Rich, Alexander, Hornsby and Carey, minor edge tear and chips, ex-m appearance. In four pages from a 1933 issue of The American Magazine, Ruth demonstrates how to play baseball. Eight photos of Ruth, staple holes from the magazine at the left, otherwise ex-m. Finally, a 1947 Sunday News full oversized page focuses on Ruth with a full-length color image and a list of his accomplishments. Displays very nicely with some edge tears and a horizontal fold across the middle. Excellent display images of Ruth!
Winning Bid $50.
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 Lot 226. Babe Ruth and Mrs. Ruth Type 1 Associated Press 1930 Photo. In this 6” x 8” photo, Ruth and his wife Claire enjoy the good life, attending the Sammy Mandell-Manuel Quintero bout in Miami Beach. The lightweight champion, Mandell won a 10-round decision. Coming off a 46 home run, 154 RBI, .345 season, Ruth spent much of the off season relaxing in Florida, according to the caption on the back of the photo, which exhibits sharp focus, displays as vg and shows a significant number of light cracks close-up. Excellent photo of the Babe at play.
Winning Bid $70.
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 Lot 227. Humorous Type 1 1935 Wire Photo of Babe Ruth, French Batter and Gendarme. Wonderful Associated Press original 7” x 98” photo of Ruth in Paris using a policeman’s baton as a bat and wearing a traditional and familiar kepi. The photo displays as vg with sharp focus and strong contrast, surface cracks evident close-up, several creases toward the margins and waviness resulting from the caption being glued to the back. Ruth concluded his baseball career in 1935.
Winning Bid $100.
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 Lot 234. Rare 1921 “Babe Ruth National Game of Baseball.” The rarest of the games endorsed by Ruth, this fold-out board game was produced by the Keiter-Fry Mfg. Co. of Lockport, N.Y. The folded board, which measures 7 ¼” x 19”, has two images of Ruth in Yankee uniforms on the front; in the larger, he examines a bat. Inside, there is a baseball field and rules for the game. On the back is a minister’s exposition on "What Babe Ruth Teaches America." His narrative defines Ruth’s importance to the U.S. The top half of the game board is stained, there are chips to the paper around the edges and there are some creases as well. The box and game pieces are absent. Very presentable collector example of a very rare game.
Winning Bid $200.
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 Lot 235. 1925 News Stand Promotion for “Babe Ruth’s Annual All American Team Contest.” In a way, this 10” x 12 ½” display is as much about Christy Walsh as it is about Ruth. Walsh was essentially the first big-time sports agent. He found innovative ways to make money for his athlete-clients, and himself. One of his successful endeavors was hiring a stable of ghost writers who produced articles and books attributed to a wide range of sports figures. Future Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick was among his writers. This display not only promotes Ruth’s contest, scheduled to end Aug. 31, 1925, but also newspaper columns or other narratives purportedly authored by such pictured notables as Ty Cobb (My Life Story), John McGraw, Knute Rockne, Fielding Yost, Tad Jones, Pop Warner and baseball clown Nick Altrock. The “Christy Walsh Syndicate” of New York is prominently noted in the ad. The display is double-matted to 13 ¾” x 16 ¼”. It is very clean with one heavy corner crease or tear and a couple of inoffensive small scuffs or stains. Excellent Ruth item with football content and broad sports appeal.
Winning Bid $100.
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 Lot 241. 7 Store Model Player-Endorsed Bats – Ruth, Mantle, Williams, Foxx, Etc. Six bats are from Hillerich & Bradsby. The exception is a 34” “Big Leaguer” K120 Ted Williams model from Yale of New Haven, ex. H&B’s 40 B.R. George “Babe” Ruth bat is from the 1930s, 35” long and g-vg. It is cracked and has dead wood and a nail on the back; the George “Babe” Ruth impression is 6-7 of 10. A contemporary of the Ruth bat is the 1933 Jimmie Foxx “Special” with “125 J.F.S.” on the label. This “Powerized and Oil Tempered” bat is 34” long and vg with dead wood on the back, some wear on the logo, a strong impression of Foxx’s name and a handle that has had tape removed. Mickey Mantle is represented by a 34” K55 model from 1977-79. Ex+ bat with a couple of small chips and some green stains near his name on the barrel. The other bats are a 35” Martinez R161 model, handle cracked on the back, ex appearance; a 34” 125S Ed Mathews model, “Full Flamed,” vg-ex with Mathews’ name 4-5 of 10, and a 32” Jackie Robinson model with all stampings worn away.
Winning Bid $125.
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