Come July, the Hunt Auction folks are going to put this spectacular Play Ball with Babe Ruth poster up for bid at the All-Star Fan Fest. According to an email they sent out, the last time one came on the market was 14 years ago and it went for $92,000 (that’s $125,000 in today’s money).
Play Ball with Babe Ruth
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Now that you’ve been warned, you’ve got two months to get your affairs in order (by which I mean selling your home, car and jewelry) so that you can bid on it. Or, if you don’t feel you’ll be liquid enough by then, you can always buy this smaller, reproduction poster version for pennies on the dollar.
Play Ball with Babe Ruth was a series of short films that gave kids instruction. Lucky for us, a few of them are on youtube:
Here’s the poster to be auctioned:
And here’s the repro item:
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