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Lot 161: Babe Ruth's Farewell To Baseball by Nat Fein

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $100.00
Winning Bid: $848.62
Price Realized: $1,014.10
Auction Date:8/28/2006 9:00 PM EST

Babe Ruth's farewell to baseball, one of the most famous of all sports photos, taken by Nat Fein of the New York Herald Tribune. This vintage print was run again on May 28, 1956 in conjunction with the release of "Wake Up The Echoes", a collection of sports stories published by Hanover House and edited by Bob Cooke of the Tribune. This touching image would grace the cover. Original paper caption, stating such, on back. Minor glue residue on the back, otherwise NRMT. EX-EX+. 8x10".

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