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Lot # 43: 1920 Babe Ruth, "New York Yankees Superstar" One of His Most Iconic Baseball Card Images

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1920 Portrait photo of Babe Ruth from the New York Yankees, smiling at the camera and striking one of his most famous poses of all time. A rare piece of baseball history which was used for baseball cards, candy bar wrappers, advertisements, magazine covers and reproduced in publications thousands of times, this is one of only a handful of examples that dates to Ruth's career we have ever seen. The photo was used in publication in 1933, but we feel it was developed earlier as part of a composite and then trimmed and used in 1933. Regardless, the photo is one of the only examples that dates to Ruth's active career in baseball that exists and it is being offered here for the first time ever. PSA will call this a Type 4 c. 1930.

Size: 2.5x4
Designation: Vintage 1(b)
Condition: 5/5
Quality: 4/5
Overall Grade: 9/10

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