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Summer/August 2006 Catalog  >  Photo Collection  >  Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig

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Lot 178: The Babe Cuts A Melon

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Reserve: $100.00
Winning Bid: $245.82
Price Realized: $293.75
Auction Date:8/28/2006 9:00 PM EST

The Sultan of Swat, sometimes known as the Prince of Poke, temporarily abandons his magic baseball wand in favor of the watery fruit in this photo dated 8-2-30. He and Boston sports writer, Nick Flatley, are shown enjoying a couple of double portions between interviews and home run talk in Nantasket, Mass. Original paper caption. International Newsreel stamp. Minor paper remnants on the back, otherwise EX-MT. 6x8".

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