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THE BABE COMES HOME
IMPORTANT B ASEB ALL MEMORABILIA
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM
THE PANZA DI BIUMO COLLECTION
NEW YORK MAY 13 & 14, 20 03
NEW YORK DECEMBER 2, 2004
The Babe Comes Home
I M P O R T A N T B A S E B A L L M E M O R A B I L I A
N E W Y O R K T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 2 , 2 0 0 4
A U C T I O N I N Q U I R I E S A N D
SPECIALISTS IN CHARGE
Collectibles
Leila Dunbar
leila.dunbar@sothebys.com
212 606 7910
Fax 212 606 7937
Marsha Malinowski
marsha.malinowski@sothebys.com
SALE ADMINISTRATOR
Kate Garvin
katharine.garvin@sothebys.com
212 606 7910
Fax 212 606 7937
SPORTS CARDS PLUS
David Kohler
President
dkohler@sportscardsplus.com
Dan Imler
Auction Director
dimler@sportscardsplus.com
Clay Hill
Sales Manager
chill@spor
THE BABE COMES HOME IMPORTANT B ASEB ALL MEMORABI
The Babe Comes Home I M P O R T A N T B A S E
A U C T I O N I N Q U I R I E S A N D S
Bidding at Sotheby's Placing Bids There are thr
The Babe Comes Home I M P O R T A N T B A S E
S P E C I A L I S T S A N D A D M I N I S T R A
C O N T E N T S Bidding at Sotheby's 4 Spe
T H E C A P I T A L O
60 PART
1 0
session one T H U R S D A Y , D E C E M B E R
1 2 · “ T H E B A B E C O M E S H O
A shortstop in Kentucky T “
P E E W E E R E E S E
XX
1 1 DETAIL
2 G R O U P O F 1 9 3 0 ' S P E E W E E R
4 4 P E E W E E R E E S E L O U
6 8 7 P E E W E E
10 PART 1 0 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S P
12 12 DETAIL 1 1 P E E W E E R E E
1 5 1 6 14 DETAIL
N E W YO R K , D E C E M B E R 2 , 2 0 0 4
1 7 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S G A M E W O R
2 0 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S 1 9 5 3 B R O
2 1 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S C O L L E C T
2 2 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S P E R S O N A
J U L Y 2 2 , 1 9 5 5
23
2 5 G R O U P O F W O R L D S E R I E S P R
27 2 7 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S 1 9 5 5
“Please don't interrupt, because you ha
2 8 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S 1 9 5 5 B R O
29 2 9 * P E E W E E R E E S E ' S 1 9 5
XX
31 PART 3 1 G R O U P O F F O U
34 3 4 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S P
37 PART 3 7 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S
3 9 G R O U P O F S E V E N WA R N E R B R
4 2 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S 1 9 7 0 C I N
45 4 7 PA I R O F P E E W E E R E E S E
48 4 8 P E E W E E R E E S E C O L L E
49 PART 5 0 P E E W E E R E E S E C O L L
52 5 2 P E E W E E R E E S E C O L L E
53 5 3 P E E W E E R E E S E ' S P E R S
54 55 5 4 G I L H O D G E S A N D J A C K
56 5 7 P E E W E E ' S P E R S O N A L P
New York 5 9
6 0 N E W Y O R K G I A N T S T E A M C A B
6 2 1 9 0 0 C H R I S T Y M AT H
63 equally tragic demise in 1925, a direct res
66-69 6 6 D I C K B A RT E L L G A M E
70 71 70 7
73 7 3 1 9 5 4 N E W Y O R K G I A N T S
7 5 P O L O G R O U N D S O R I G I N A L S
7 9 PA I R O F F I N G E R L E S S B A S E B
80 80 DETAIL N E W YO R
81 81 8 1 H A R RY W R I G H T '
82 82 8 2
83 8 3 E X C E P T I O N A L 1 9 2 0 ' S T
84 84 8 4 R
“When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mi
89 DETAIL 90 DETAIL
91 9 1 1 9 1 1 B R O O K LY N T R O L L E
9 4 B O S T O N V S . B R O O K LY N 1 9 1 1
9 6 1 9 5 0 “ T H E J A C K I E R O B I N S
9 8 J A C K I E R O B I N S O N S I N G L E
104, 102 PART, 1 0 1 A U T O G R A P H E
1 0 4 R A N S O M J A C K S O N G A M E W O
108 7 0 · “ T H E B A B E C O M E
1 0 8 S A N D Y K O U FA X 1 9 6 3 N O - H I
New York Mets 109
111 111 111 1 1 1 E D K R A
115
1 1 5 1 9 8 6 N E W Y O R K M E T S F U L L
session two T H U R S D A Y , D E C E M B E R
Babe Ruth's Red Sox 118
121 122
123 1 2 3 “ B A M B I N O ” T O B A C C O
125 127 1 2 8 B O B M E U S E L G A M E
130 1 2 9 B A B E R U T H A N D L O U G
132
1 3 3 B A B E R U T H B A R N S T O R M I N G
Property from the Mark Lewis Collection 1 3 5
136 PART
138 1 3 8 YA N K E E S TA D I U M “ O P
A P R I L 1 8 T H ,
N E W YO R K , D E C E M B E R 2 , 2 0 0 4
As The Sporting News's Joe Vila put it in an arti
Yankee Stadium, the first ballpark grand enough t
98 World Series games. More than seventy-five yea
L O T 1 4 0 B A B E R U T H ' S B AT U
A c c o m p a n y i n g P r o v e n a n c e : T
T wo months prior to Ruth's passing, he
142 1 4 1 H O M E P L AT E F R O M YA N
143 collectors to be among the most prized Sta
145A 1 4 5 F I G U R A L B A S E B A L L
146 1 4 6 1 9 2 7 N E W Y O R K YA N K E
“Sixty! Count `em, Sixty! Let's see some ot
147 Property from the Mark Lewis Collection 1
148 Property from the Mark Lewis Collection
150 1 5 0 YA N K E E S TA D I U M PA N O R
152 1 0 6 · “ T H E B A B E C O M
153 1 5 2 1 9 2 7 “ B A B E C O M E S H O
156
1 5 7 B A B E R U T H / L O U G E H R I G S
159 Property from the Mark Lewis Collection 1
163 “The fans'd rather see me hit one homer
163A Lots 163-167 Property from the Mark Le
165 165 BACK
168 168
171 172 Property from the Mark Lewis Collection
175 DETAIL
1 7 4 S U P E R B B A B E R U T H S I N G L
177 1 7 7 B A B E R U T H A U T O G R A P
178 1 7 9 1 9 3 4 N E W Y O R K YA N K E
1 9 3 4 T O U R O F
180 Property of Barry Halper 1 8 0 1 9 3 4
182
183 1 8 3 UNIQUE COLLECTION OF TOUR OF
185, 186 1 8 4 PA I R O F T O N Y L A Z
189 1 8 8 B A B E R U T H S I G N E D 1 9
Property from the Mark Lewis Collection 1 9 1
193 1 9 3 L O U G E H R I G ' S 1 9 3 6
195
196 1 9 7 O R I G I N A L T I C K E T S T
1 9 8 J U LY 4 , 1 9 3 9 L O U G E H R I G
2 0 1 1 9 3 9 N E W Y O R K YA N K E E S (
204 2 0 4 S U P E R B
205 207 Property from the Mark Lewis Collection
211 DETAIL Property from the Mark Lewis Col
213 213 210
214 214 Property from the Mark Lewis
216
Property from the Mark Lewis Collection 2 1 7
220 2 2 0 G E M M I N T B A B E R U T H
2 2 1 1 9 4 7 N . Y. YA N K E E S A L C H A
225 225 DETAIL
227 2 2 7 J O E D I M A G G I O S I G N E
2 2 9 1 9 4 9 N E W Y O R K YA N K E E S W
231 2 3 1 M I C K E Y M A N T L E ' S F I
“A straw suitcase and two pairs of slacks...”
232 2 3 2 Y O G I B E R R A 1 9 5 1 A M E
234 2 3 4 1 9 5 1 N E W Y O R K YA N K E
2 3 6 N E W Y O R K YA N K E E S S AT I N S
2 3 7 1 9 3 2 A N D 1 9 5 2 O R I G I N A L
2 3 9 F I V E G A M E U S E D B AT S F R O
2 4 1
242 2 4 2 S I G N E D B A L L U S E D I N
“They can never break my record. The best they ca
2 4 3 M I C K E Y M A N T L E / B I L LY M A
TOM MCDOUGAL AND MICKEY MANTLE 2 4 5 1
2 4 6 1 9 5 9 M I C K E Y M A N T L E A L L
248 2 4 8 1 9 6 1 N E W Y O R K YA N K E
2 5 0 1 9 6 1 R U T H / M A N T L E / M A R I
2 5 3 R O G E R M A R I S 1 9 6 2 A L L - S
255 254 254 2
256 2 5 6 1 9 6 2 M I C K E Y M A N T L E
258 2 5 8 1 9 6 3 B O B B Y R I C H A R D
2 6 0 M I C K E Y M A N T L E S I G N E D O
263 263 2 6 3 1 9 6 4 P H I L L I N Z /
265 2 6 5 1 9 6 5 W H I T E Y F O
2 6 7 M I C K E Y M A N T L E S I G N E D P
2 7 0 PA U L B L A I R YA N K E E S H O M E
272 272
273, 257 2 7 4 O R I G I N A L S E AT F R
276 DETAIL 2 7 6 D E R E K J E T E R G
278 2 7 7 1 9 5 0 - 1 9 9 8 R U N O F N E
280
2 8 0 D E R E K J E T E R ' S I N S C R I B E
Baseball Cards 2 8 2 1 9 0 9 - 1 1 T 2 0 6
2 8 5 1 9 1 4 C R A C K E R J A C K # 6 8 H
The Flying Dutchman 2 8 8 1 9 0 9 - 1 1
288 BACK
289
2 8 9 1 9 1 5 M 1 0 1 - 5 S P O RT I N G N E
296 2 9 5 1 9 3 3 G O U D E Y # 5 3 B A B
298 2 9 7 1 9 3 3 G O U D E Y # 1 4 4 B A
3 0 1
3 0 2 1 9 5 3 T O P P S # 8 2 M I C K E Y M
304
3 0 4 C O M P L E T E 1 9 5 2 T O P P S
3 0 5 1 9 5 6 T O P P S # 2 4 0 W H I T E Y
309 310
Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Americana
The O'Fallon Collection of American Indian Portra
CONDITIONS OF SALE The following Conditions of
Guaranteed Property The seller of lots with this
provenance or title of any cata- logued item agai
CLIENT SERVICES GENERAL INQUIRIES Auction & Exh
FRANCE PARIS Dr. Philipp Herzog von Württemberg P
ABSENTEE BID FORM SALE TITLE Important Spo
2 0 4
“I'd give a year of my life if I can hit a home r