SCP Auctions November 19th, 2011 Auction
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Nov 20, 2011 02:39PM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 607
1927 BUSTIN' BABES AND LARRUPIN' LOUS BARNSTORMING PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH (PSA/DNA TYPE 1)
Sold for
$31,129.20
Sold Price includes BP
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This remarkable photograph captures the spirit of the most famous barnstorming tour in baseball history. The 1927-28 "Bustin' Babes" and "Larrupin Lou's" tour was wildly successful and provided fans in cities without major league teams a rare opportunity to see the great Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in action. A largely profitable trip it is said that Lou Gehrig earned more on these barnstorming trips than he made while playing for the Yankees. Most of the barnstorming games ended early because there was such spectator pandemonium from fans rushing the field for an autograph or attempting to circle the bases alongside Ruth. This panoramic photo comes from an engagement in Des Moines Iowa on October 17just nine days after the Yankees won the 1927 World Series. Ruth and Gehrig appear front and center along with their agent and tour promoter Christy Walsh. They are flanked by exactly nine "BB" and "LL" team members plus three men on the far right in their regular Des Moines threads. Cursive white captioning denotes the game's date location star visitors and local photography studio. Minimally perceptible edge faults and light surface rippling are the extent of wear to the sepia 6-3/4" x 25-1/2" photo which is "floated" (its perimeter fully on view) in a handsome 10-1/2" x 29" frame. This is one of only two Ruth/Gehrig barnstorming panoramas of its kind known to exist.
Includes a LOA from PSA/DNA (Type 1).
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