This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/5/2022
Presented is a rare photo of Babe Ruth from 1921 preparing to face the Boston Celtics in an exhibition game. The "Ruth All Stars" of Passaic, NJ took on the C's in a couple of contests that winter. According to an April 2016 article in Sports Collector's Daily: "Ruth apparently hadn’t played a lot of roundball and his abilities were widely panned in press accounts of the time and by fans who showed up to watch. Newspaper coverage of his basketball exploits indicated he took the court 'like an enthusiastic elephant' as fans rained insults onto the floor. Babe, it was written, took them in relatively good humor." The rare image is encapsulated Type I by PSA/DNA.