Vintage Babe Ruth Memorabilia Collection (12) Including Watch

Sold For:

$480

Year:

1935

Auction:

2017 Fall

Lot #:

1922

Category:

Post-1900 Baseball Memorabilia

Collection of vintage Babe Ruth memorabilia, including watch, scorers, and periodicals. 1) Babe Ruth wristwatch in its original plastic ball-shaped case. The watch is in working order, but the watch face is lightly toned and there is light wear to the metal components. Both the watch and case are in Excellent condition overall. 2) Celluloid "Babe Ruth Baseball Scorer" issued by the New York American with its original mailing envelope. 3.75 x 2 inches. Vg-Ex. 3) Circular Babe Ruth Quaker Oats scorer. This is the scarcer version, which features Ruth wearing a Boston Braves hat. 1.75 inches in diameter. Vg, with surface scratches. 4) Rectangular "Babe Ruth Base Ball Scorer." Advertising for Quaker Puffed Rice appears on the reverse. 3.5 x 2 inches. Vg. 5) 1949 Kellogg's Pep Cereal ring featuring Babe Ruth. Fr. 6) Circa 1930s Keystone View Company stereo view photo of Babe Ruth. Ruth is pictured on the stereo view together with an unidentified individual jumping off a cliff. 7 x 3.5 inches. Ex. 7) Magazine titled Babe Ruth As I Knew Him by Waite Hoyt (Dell Publishing Company, New York, 1948. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Vg-Ex. 8) Hardcover cartoon book titled Smitty at the Ball Game (Cupples and Leon Co., New York, 1929). Ruth is featured on the cover and in some of the interior cartoons. Gd. 9-10) Two 1948 magazine pages taken from LIFE that feature photo stills from Ruth's 1920 silent film Headin' Home. Ex. 11) Circa 1940s cut magazine advertisement featuring Babe Ruth. 3 x 14 inches. Ex. 12) Tiny jackknife commemorating Ruth's 1927 60--homer season (this piece appears to be a modern item and does not date from 1927). Nr-Mt. Total: 12 items. Reserve $200. Estimate (open).