August 2005 - Sports Collectors' > Sports > Football
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Lot 557: Red Grange Signed 8 x 10 Photo
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Maybe only Babe Ruth's face and No. 3 were more recognizeable than the mug and the "77" in this vintage 8 x10 of the Galloping Ghost. His eclat was such that when he signed with the Bears after his final game at Illinois he was instantly the highest-paid player in the pros, making $3,000 and a cut of the gate for a Bears barnstorming tour in '26. He even wore a $500 raccoon coat. Photo is signed to a guy he called "my friend" in blue marker, the jaunty "'Red' Grange" autograph NRMT, as is the photo.
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