Spring Premier Auction 2013
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 08:00PM EDT - Mon, Apr 29, 2013 12:00AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 806
FRAMED c. 1930S BABE RUTH SIGNED NEWSPAPER PHOTO MINT PSA/DNA 9
Sold for
$2,125.20
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
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| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
| $1,500,000 | $150,000 |
Outside of picturing Babe Ruth in his classic follow-through swing this newspaper photograph of the Sultan of Swat entertaining two young boys at a children's hospital is the way millions of fans remember the Hall of Famer. The player who merged the real and mythological as no other before or since is shown here in a 4-by-5-inch newspaper clipping adjudged to be from the 1930's but this time with the breathtaking addition of a sterling black fountain pen signature anointed with a PSA/DNA 9 designation that affords some hint of the enormity of a Ruth signature of such unprecedented clarity and elegance so perfectly preserved over nearly 80 years. The signed clipping is carefully matted in a quiet gray board which also displays two Near-Mint Yankee pins roughly 1 1/4 inches in diameter. All elements are protected in a 1-inch wood frame with plexiglass that brings the overall dimensions to 8 3/4-by-13 1/2 inches.
Full LOA from PSA/DNA (Autograph MINT PSA 9)
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