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Auction archive: Lot number 142

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Louisville Slugger advertising poster c.1920s (Hillerich & Bradsby Co. Archives)20th Century

Estimate
US$10,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$17,500
Auction archive: Lot number 142

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Louisville Slugger advertising poster c.1920s (Hillerich & Bradsby Co. Archives)20th Century

Estimate
US$10,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$17,500
Beschreibung:

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Louisville Slugger advertising poster c.1920s (Hillerich & Bradsby Co. Archives) Thick stock 6"x9" mailer was originally sent to dealers for window display. The piece features a 12"x18" poster on the interior picturing Ruth and Gehrig in an endorsement for Louisville Slugger bats. The mailer unfolds to 18"x24" depicting eight vignette images of various players including Ruth, Hornsby, Simmons and Gehrig. One panel of the back (not seen in either display) has some adhesive residue from scrapbook removal. Matted and framed to display the primary Ruth and Gehrig poster. Includes letter of provenance from the Hillerich & Bradsby Co: EX 24 ½ x 18 in, framed

Auction archive: Lot number 142
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Louisville Slugger advertising poster c.1920s (Hillerich & Bradsby Co. Archives) Thick stock 6"x9" mailer was originally sent to dealers for window display. The piece features a 12"x18" poster on the interior picturing Ruth and Gehrig in an endorsement for Louisville Slugger bats. The mailer unfolds to 18"x24" depicting eight vignette images of various players including Ruth, Hornsby, Simmons and Gehrig. One panel of the back (not seen in either display) has some adhesive residue from scrapbook removal. Matted and framed to display the primary Ruth and Gehrig poster. Includes letter of provenance from the Hillerich & Bradsby Co: EX 24 ½ x 18 in, framed

Auction archive: Lot number 142
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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