SCP Auctions, Inc.
Timed Auction

Spring Premier Auction 2015

Wed, Apr 8, 2015 08:00PM EDT - Mon, Apr 27, 2015 12:30AM EDT
Lot 1176

1948 GEORGE H. W. BUSH AUTOGRAPHED YALE BASEBALL 11 X 14 FRAMED PHOTO WITH BABE RUTH

Sold for
$471.60
Sold Price includes BP

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Few ballplayers can lay claim to autograph mania that might challenge a U.S. President but Babe Ruth certainly could. The Bambino didn't sign this handsome 11-by-14-inch black-and-white photo but former U.S. President George H.W. Bush did planting a handsome black signature that jumps out nicely on a stark white background. The image shows an ailing Babe Ruth presenting an award to Yale baseball captain Bush at a ceremony at the Yale ballfield in a photo taken a few months before Ruth's passing in 1948.. The piece originated from the famed Barry Halper Collection. Consignor has paperwork from that 2000 Sotheby's sale.

Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.

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