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Lot #8323
Babe Ruth Pair of Original Press Photographs

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Description

Two original vintage glossy silver gelatin press photos: a 7.5 x 9 photo of Babe Ruth posing with underprivileged children and orphans at the 1934 World's Fair in New York, stamp-dated on the reverse as September 13, 1934, and bearing an affixed caption; and an 8.25 x 8.25 photo of Babe Ruth visiting polio victims as Santa Claus, stamp-dated on the reverse as December 12, 1947, with an affixed newspaper clipping of the published image. In overall very good to fine condition, with crazing, white-out, and tack holes to the Santa photo, and rippling to both photos from captions affixed to the backs.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Sports
  • Dates: #567 - Ended November 21, 2019