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Lot # 677: Babe Ruth Special Insert Art for Ted Williams Card Company (1994)

Category: Babe Ruth

Starting Bid: $500.00

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Item was in Auction "December 2004",
which ran from 12/18/2004 12:00 AM to
12/19/2004 9:00 PM



The Ted Williams Card Co. relied on innovative subsets to create an interest in its "old-timers sets" in the mid-'90s. The 185-set "Trade for Babe" series had 9 cards per set, with images of the Bambino culled from numerous vintage photo sources. Incluced here are the 9 photos used as insert art for Set 14, cropped and marked by the printer. These range over Ruth's life - beginning with his days as a young Red Sox pitcher, then a Yankee legend (one captures him with Lou Gehrig), a washed-up Boston Brave and a retired elder statesman. Also included is the 8x10” negative of Ruth in Red Sox uniform. Includes a Mint copy of Set 14. All are hand colored.

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