Auction Date:2010 Oct 13 @ 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
Exceptional vintage 11 x 14 gelatin silver print photo by photographer George Burke, showing Ruth waiting patiently in the dugout clad in his Boston Braves uniform, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To My Pals, Dr. & Mrs. MacDonald, Sincerely, Babe Ruth 1938.” Photo is affixed to an identical size mount. In fine condition, with scattered silvering to darker areas of image and background (heaviest along right edge). Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from James Spence. This photograph was taken by renowned sports photographer George Burke, official photographer for the Chicago Cubs, likely during Ruth’s last big league appearance in the Windy City. On May 20-21, 1935, the Braves played two games at Wrigley Field during what was to be Ruth’s short-lived return to a Boston line-up. His best years behind him, Ruth had signed with the Braves in the hope of achieving his ambition of managing a major league team—a desire that the Bambino soon learned would never come to fruition. Even so, there was still some power left in Ruth’s girth, as during the second game of that short series in Chicago, the Sultan of Swat hit his 711th career home run as the Braves beat the Cubs 4-1. Ruth signed this image three years after his departure from the National Pastime, time in which he bowled, hunted, golfed, and of course, granted autograph requests from his legions of ‘pals.’
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