MAY 2012 PREMIER INTERNET AUCTION
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 05:00PM EDT - Sun, May 20, 2012 01:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 938
LOU GEHRIG 1928 WORN AND INSCRIBED FELT BOWLERS HAT WITH PHOTO OF HIM WEARING IT (EX-HALPER, EX-DAVID WELLS COLLECTION)
Sold for
$15,180
Sold Price includes BP
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| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
| $1,500,000 | $150,000 |
One of the most unique Lou Gehrig personal mementos weve had the pleasure to offer this vintage brown bowlers hat was worn by The Iron Horse himself and has been inscribed on the silk interior with great care: "To Pops Lunken The Al Smith of Dayton Ohio Most Sincerely from 'Lou' Gehrig. In 1928 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig campaigned for presidential candidate Al Smith. Smith was well known for wearing a brown bowler and it became the symbol of his campaign. Accompanying the hat is a vintage photograph (5 by 6 1/2 inches) of Ruth and Gehrig campaigning for Smith in which Gehrig is wearing what appears to be this very bowler hat and Ruth is also wearing a similar one. Pencil notations on the reverse of the photo read "Babe Ruth with Lou Gehrig inColumbus 10-23-28. Both the hat and the photograph are in excellent condition with Gehrigs interior inscription rating about 6 out of 10. EX-Barry Halper Collection.
Includes a signed Letter of Provenance from David Wells.
Includes full LOA from PSA/DNA.
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