Summer/August 2006 Catalog > Photo Collection > Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
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Lot 185: Babe Ruth Signs $70,000 Contract
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The Bambino flashes a smile of satisfaction moments after signing his new $70,000 contract with Col. Jacob Ruppert and the Yankees. It would be money well spent as Babe would go on to set his long standing home run record of 60 dingers that very season. Dated 3-2-27. International Newsreel stamp. Minor pencil markings on the back, chipped top right corner, otherwise EX+. 6.5x8.5".
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