Nude photos of Babe Ruth ?

[thebigtrain]

I recall a few years ago the Leland's auction of the nude Joe Dimaggio shower photo, and there are also nude photos of Bob Feller and other players in the shower, etc. or horsing around that have trickled out over the years.

In all these years, has a "full frontal" nude Ruth photo ever surfaced? They HAVE to be out there given his habits and such. Anyone ever seen or heard of one?

[Section103]

God, I hope not.

[Shoeless Moe]

I don't see a "Post your nude photos" thread going over to well.

[thebigtrain]

Well, say a full-frontal nude Babe Ruth photo was to surface in an old trunk/drawer/attic etc, from say his prime years (1927 or thereabouts), what price do you think it would go for? I'd say at least 25 K and maybe even upwards of 100 K.

[prewarsports]

We have a photo of Gehrig in the shower (but nicely covered by a towel) and a photo of Satchel Paige nude but wearing just his cup (with still WAY too much visible) for upcoming auctions but don't recall any other "nude" images. There are images of Babe Ruth nude but with towel over him getting massages and such, but that's all I know of.

Newspapers never would have gotten these images back in the day, it might have even been illegal for a news-service to send these through the mail in the more wholesome days of photo distribution. My guess is that if anything like this exists, its from the actual photographers personal files of unreleased images and you will almost never see anything like this from an archive.

Rhys

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by thebigtrain

Well, say a full-frontal nude Babe Ruth photo was to surface in an old trunk/drawer/attic etc, from say his prime years (1927 or thereabouts), what price do you think it would go for? I'd say at least 25 K and maybe even upwards of 100 K.

How about if the nude photo were personalized and signed to a woman who wasn't his wife??

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

How about if the nude photo were personalized and signed to a woman who wasn't his wife??

The pre-cursor to "sexting"