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Babe Ruth and Herbert Hoover

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Babe Ruth and Herbert Hoover

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Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Vintage pencil signatures, “Babe Ruth” and “Herbert Hoover,” on an off-white 4 x 2.25 slip. Staple hole near bottom and some light creasing, otherwise fine condition. Signatures were obtained on November 11, 1933, when Hoover and his wife were in Los Angeles to see the Stanford Cardinals beat the USC Trojans, which Ruth also attended. Accompanied by a clipped news photo of Ruth and Hoover posing together at the event. One of Ruth’s most famous quotations came in 1930 when he was earning an $80,000 salary for the season. A reporter suggested perhaps Ruth was overpaid, since Hoover was only earning $75,000 as President of the United States, to which Ruth is reported to have replied, ‘I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.’