Happy 115th Birthday Bambino!

[thekingofclout]

Let's celebrate the Babe's Birthday with a tribute to the Greatest Player EVER!

Show some your favorite Ruth pieces.

Vintage original TYPE I photographs.

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[FourStrikes]

two oddball BABE RUTH items, purchased back in the 1980's


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[Oldtix]

Count me among those who toiled to build this model back in the sixties...

[yanks12025]

I always found it cool that the Babe signed right handed but everything else was left handed.

[David Atkatz]

All lefties in those days were forced at school to write with their right hands.
Gehrig wrote right-handed as well.

[jerseygary]

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

All lefties in those days were forced at school to write with their right hands.
Gehrig wrote right-handed as well.

Never knew that, thanks for the history lesson.

[Big Red Machine]

I just picked up this 1934 original photo with Mickey Cochrane.

[Ladder7]

Is that an All Star game?

His music Really put her in the mood. Sudbury, Mass

[Big Red Machine]

I did some further research on the Ruth/Cochrane photo. It has a date of July 14, 1934 on the back. On that date Babe Ruth hit home run number 700 off of Tommy Bridges as the Yankees defeated the Detroit tigers.

[jpop43]

Some Babe Ruth endorsed equipment from our collection... www.dugouttreasures.com

[BrockJacob]

This is a pretty rare Ruth figural wall-plaque. Not in pristine condition but its made of really brittle chalkware. Hard to believe that it survived in one piece.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Big Red Machine

I did some further research on the Ruth/Cochrane photo. It has a date of July 14, 1934 on the back. On that date Babe Ruth hit home run number 700 off of Tommy Bridges as the Yankees defeated the Detroit tigers.

Well I'd say that our photos would present wonderful together...

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[Kawika]

Cool photos, Big Red and King Jimmy. According to an on-line inflation adjustment calculator I found, that $20 would be worth an un-Bondsian $318.39 now. But for young Leonard Beals the memory, and the photo, had to have been priceless.

[abrahamrudy]

Originally Posted by jerseygary

that has got to be the most original business card i've ever seen.

[Big Red Machine]

Jimmy,

I love that Ruth HR#700 photo. I have never seen that image before.

How much do vintage first generation Ruth photos usually sell for? I really don't know much about them. I picked up my Ruth photo for $87 and was curious if that was a good price.

Thanks,
Phil

[jerseygary]

Thanks Abraham!

[Forever Young]

Type 1 Image used for the Babe's 1928 W502 strip card

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Type 1 Image used for the Babe's 1928 W502 strip card

He looks pretty damn good considering he's 115 years old!

[DaveH]

The Babe and I are both born on the same 6th of February. Of course he's 55 years older than me. Too bad I couldn't swing a bat as well as he. Ronald Reagan was also born on the 6th.

dh