SCP Auctions, Inc.
Timed Auction

Spring Premier Auction 2017

Wed, May 24, 2017 04:00PM EDT - Fri, Oct 6, 2017 11:00PM EDT
Lot 173

1926-1929 "EXHIBIT-STYLE POSTCARD-BACK" BABE RUTH

Sold for
$2,761.20
Sold Price includes BP

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From the 1926-1929 postcard-back exhibit-style set comes this extremely attractive example of Babe Ruth.  This pink tinted version shows Ruth in a classic batting pose. The card is crease free with only light even wear to the corners. The blank postcard back displays light natural toning but is otherwise clean in its unused state. The 1926-1929 Exhibit-style cards look like Exhibit cards and were sold in penny-arcade machines like Exhibit cards but were in fact issued by an unknown competitor of The Exhibit Supply Company. Relative to many other cards from Ruth's playing days this is an affordable and appealing career contemporary issue.

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