Baseball season was over, but that didn’t stop baseball’s bright new star from athletic competition in 1921. The RMY Auctions Photo of the Day is a rare image from January of that year featuring the Babe dressed in a basketball uniform, preparing to take the floor against the Boston Celtics in an exhibition game. Auction officials say it’s the only example of Ruth playing … [Read more...] about Babe Ruth: Baller
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Rare, Early World Series Press Pins, Vintage Cards at Auction
Two 1920s World Series press pins are among the marquee items in an online catalog auction now underway at Wheatland Auction Services. The pins join over 600 lots of vintage and modern era sports card sets, partial sets, lots and singles along with hundreds of other pieces of sports memorabilia open for bidding through June 14 on the company’s website. A rare 1920 Brooklyn … [Read more...] about Rare, Early World Series Press Pins, Vintage Cards at Auction
Photo of the Day: Rare 1920 Ruth In Action Image Attracting Interest
Ninety-five years ago, baseball was still trying to process the off-season sale of the player who had become a major gate attraction. The Boston Red Sox appeared to have found a first-rate superstar in Babe Ruth. Still youthful, the Baltimore native had come off a 1919 season in which he slugged 29 home runs, drive in 114 and gone 9-5 as a pitcher. He had played a role in … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Rare 1920 Ruth In Action Image Attracting Interest
Vintage Photo(s) of the Day: Babe and Baby, Youngsters
From his earliest moments as a big league star to his dying days, there was no greater ambassador for baseball than Babe Ruth. Two photos representing two distinctly different moments in his life reveal once again why he towers above all other players. Our Vintage Photo of the Day from RMY Auctions is a doubleheader of sorts. The first image could well be titled ‘Babe and … [Read more...] about Vintage Photo(s) of the Day: Babe and Baby, Youngsters
Vintage Photo of the Day: Teenage Babe Ruth
He wasn’t The Babe yet. Just George; one of the students enrolled at St. Mary’s Industrial School. It was coming, though. His skill on the baseball diamond was impossible to miss, even as a teenager and soon he’d be discovered, signed to a pro baseball contract and sent on his way to immortality. The Vintage Photo of the Day is this image of Babe Ruth taken around 1912 … [Read more...] about Vintage Photo of the Day: Teenage Babe Ruth