This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/20/2012
The most visible, dominating, and popular athlete in American history, the Babe turned baseball and the world on its head. 'He was a circus, a play and a movie, all rolled into one,"said teammate Lefty Gomez. 'Kids adored him, Men idolized him. Women loved him. There was something about him that made him great.' Babe Ruth was more than a great baseball player, he was an American hero who became a legend and an icon. Long after his last home run, his name has come to signify greatness and strength. No baseball card symbolizes the essence of American sport more so than Babe Ruth's true rookie card. Sporting News subscribers who were compiling sets of these premium cards in 1916 could never have known the reverence that card #151 would someday inspire. Today it, along with the T206 Wagner, is among the crown jewel of the hobby, the embodiment of the purest elements of baseball card collecting. The offered example shows considerable handling wear and creasing yet still maintains a fairly regal appearance. The blank back has a mild brown stain at the left edge that has no effect on the card front. Authenticated, encapsulated and graded by PSA PR 1.