This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/10/2001.
The April 14, 1921 Mid-Week Pictorial put Ruth's smiling mug inside a baseball set against a ballpark crowd. Ruth's career was over but his popularity was still huge when he appeared on the cover of the February 3, 1941 issue of Friday which ran a story provocatively entitled "Babe Ruth...banned from baseball!" Mid-Week Pictorial is 11" x 16" with sepia-toned artwork with some yellowing. Friday has a red area around its title resembling a la Life Magazine and measures "10-1/2" x 15-1/4". Both magazines are in excellent condition, with only a small surface scratch on the Mid-Week cover by Ruth's ear.