Lot 774. Ruth and Ruppert Fight it Out ~ Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig < Photo Collection < November 2007 Catalog

Lot 774: Ruth and Ruppert Fight it Out

Reserve:

$100.00

Winning Bid:

Auction Date:11/30/2007 9:00 PM EST

Description

Original artwork added to this image of the two fighting it out in his 1933 contract negotiation. According to the S.F. Examiner newspaper article affixed to the back, the Babe said, "I'll sign for $60,000." The Colonel retorted, "You'll take $50,000 or else." 8”x10''. Some edge damage

Bidding

The bidding for this lot has ended.

< previous lot | next lot >

My Account

Sports Art [6]	19th Century Baseball [14]
The Bert Sugar Collection [46]	Mantle and Maris [15]
The Floyd Patterson Collection [40]	New York Yankees [48]
Boxing [75]	Ruth and Gehrig [8]
Larry Holmes [14]	Stadium Artifacts [5]
Rings And Awards [9]	The Ike Kuhns Collection [31]
Sports and Non Sports Cards [123]	The Paul Hill Collection [16]
The Paul Welsch Goudey Collection [11]	The Vern Foster Collection [30]
Baseball Autographs [85]	Boston Braves & Red Sox [24]
The Letter Writer Collection [62]	The Hy Peskin Collection [13]
Baseball Equipment [47]	Basketball [19]
The Wade Boggs Collection [9]	The Ossie Schectman Collection [20]
Baseball Memorabilia [47]	Football [47]
The Sal LaRocca Collection [19]	The Green Bay Packers Collection [12]
The Carl Erskine Collection [6]	Hockey [19]
Brooklyn Dodgers [7]	The Izzy Kaplan Photography Collection [7]
The Dan Bankhead Collection [4]	All Sports [34]
Negro League, Latin, Japan & International Baseball [6]

My Account

Auction

About Us

Help

Extras