December 17th, 2014 Holiday Catalog Auction (#43)

Lot #2:

1960s Babe Ruth 200 Home Run Club Award Signed by Cronin & Giles (JSA)

This award was created for Ruth posthumously during the 1960s while Cronin and Giles served concurrently as American League and National League Presidents. The award reads, “200 HOME RUN - CLUB - THE AMERICAN AND NATIONAL LEAGUES - OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL - certify that Babe Ruth - of The New York Yankees - hit the 200th Home Run of his Major League Career - at Navin Field, Detroit - on May 12, 1923 to become - the First player in history to achieve this distinction.”. Cronin and Giles each signed the bottom of the award in pen and in our opinion, rates a 9 overall. Accompanied by an LOA from JSA.

The first three lots presented in this catalog are consigned to us by a collector who has had these treasures for over 30 years. They were all originally sourced in the late 1970's from a gentleman who was close personal friends with the Ruth family and a higher-up in the Babe Ruth Baseball Little League organization.