Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 279

Price Realized: $ 650
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(SPORTS--BASEBALL.) Group of 8 newspapers from Babe Ruth's time with the Yankees and beyond. Various sizes, minimal to minor wear. Various places, 1920-1948
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New York Times with a page 16 article on the sale of Ruth by Boston, headed "Ruth Bought by New York Americans for $125,000, Highest Price in Baseball Annals." The long article on his exploits describes him as "the perfect hitter." New York, 6 January 1920.

New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial with an illustrated cover story on "Babe Ruth, Home-Run King, in Action"; lacking rear wrapper. New York, 5 August 1920.

Baltimore American with illustrated World Series cover story and banner headline "3 Ruth Homers Win for Yanks . . . Still King of the Swatters." Baltimore, MD, 7 October 1926.

San Francisco Call including 4-page sports section on pink paper, with coverage of same game: "Three in One--It's the Bambino. . . . Six World's Records Broken by 'Babe' Ruth." San Francisco, CA, 7 October 1926.

Three consecutive issues of the New York Times with coverage of Babe Ruth Day during his final illness. 26 April (page 17), 27 April (page 2 of sports section), and 28 April (pages 1 and 29 including a well-known photograph of the frail Ruth at the microphone), 1947.

Chicago Daily Sun Times, "The Picture Newspaper," with illustrated front page "Babe Ruth Dead." Chicago, 17 August 1948.