A rare photograph of Babe Ruth during his time with the Baltimore Orioles is set to be auctioned in 2024 and could fetch over $200,000. The photo captures Ruth posing with his teammates before a game, offering a glimpse into his early career before his iconic stint with the New York Yankees.
A rare photo of Babe Ruth ’s first appearance with the Baltimore Orioles will be presented for sale at Leland’s 2024 Fall Classic Auction and could go for more than $200,000.
When most people think of The Great Bambino, images of him in Yankees pinstripes often come to mind. Whether it’s chumming it with Lou Gehrig or swinging a bat before a roaring crowd, Babe Ruth is most notably associated with his time in New York between 1920 and 1934. But years before then, and even before he played with the Boston Red Sox, who notoriously traded him to the Yankees and “cursed” themselves for a generation, Babe Ruth played for the minor league Baltimore Orioles.
Despite the photo itself having a torn corner and other signs of a century’s worth of aging, it’s undeniably a cool piece of history. Oft-regarded as one of the greatest of all time, Ruth memorabilia tends to sell incredibly high at collectors’ auctions., a 1914 card of Ruth on the Orioles from the same year the photo was taken went for $7.2 million at auction. Earlier this year, the jersey Ruth wore during his famous “called shot” sold for $24 million.
This photo is back on auction after previously being sold in 2019 for $190,373. Prior to that, the image was held in a private collection after it originally emerged publicly in the 1990s. It’s hard to deny the impressive piece of sports history that is captured in the photo. And as the saying goes, “How can you not be romantic about baseball?”Iconic Collection of Baseball Photos is Expected to Sell for Over $1 Million
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