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Auction archive: Lot number 184

A BABE RUTH/CHRISTY WALSH DUAL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 184

A BABE RUTH/CHRISTY WALSH DUAL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Photograph Signed ("Babe Ruth" and "Christy Walsh") and additionally inscribed by Walsh, gelatin silver print photograph of Ruth, Walsh, and 5 others at the Polo Grounds, "Opening Game 1938," some smudging to "R" of Ruth, photo lightly thumbed. Provenance: The Barry Halper Collection, Sotheby's New York, October 1999 (original Sothebys.amazon.com certificate). In this photograph, inscribed by Walsh to a Joseph J. Bihler, George Herman "Babe" Ruth holds a World's Fair Award at the Polo Grounds, the stadium that served as a temporary home to the New York Yankees from 1913-1922 and by 1938 was the home of the New York Giants. Ruth served as a member of the 1938 World's Fair Sports Advisory Committee, and he is actually presenting this award to the Yankees team. He is flanked by Christy Walsh, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, and President of the New York World's Fair Corporation, Grover Whalen.

Auction archive: Lot number 184
Auction:
Datum:
5 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
Beschreibung:

Photograph Signed ("Babe Ruth" and "Christy Walsh") and additionally inscribed by Walsh, gelatin silver print photograph of Ruth, Walsh, and 5 others at the Polo Grounds, "Opening Game 1938," some smudging to "R" of Ruth, photo lightly thumbed. Provenance: The Barry Halper Collection, Sotheby's New York, October 1999 (original Sothebys.amazon.com certificate). In this photograph, inscribed by Walsh to a Joseph J. Bihler, George Herman "Babe" Ruth holds a World's Fair Award at the Polo Grounds, the stadium that served as a temporary home to the New York Yankees from 1913-1922 and by 1938 was the home of the New York Giants. Ruth served as a member of the 1938 World's Fair Sports Advisory Committee, and he is actually presenting this award to the Yankees team. He is flanked by Christy Walsh, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, and President of the New York World's Fair Corporation, Grover Whalen.

Auction archive: Lot number 184
Auction:
Datum:
5 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
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