| northlamar |
12-25-2013 08:43 PM |
Preciously unknown Babe Ruth photograph?
I was hoping someone here could shed some light on a family heirloom. First a little backstory: Sammy Vick played right field for the Yankees from 1917-1920, he was my grandmother's first cousin. He also has the dubious distinction of being the man that was replaced in right field by Babe Ruthl. The rest is history. Ruth went on to become "The Babe," and Sammy floated around the minor's for a while until his career ended. Before my grandfather died, he gave me a photograph of Sammy Vick, Babe Ruth, and Ping Bodie (I think) at spring training before the 1920 season. It is signed by Sammy Vick and Babe Ruth. Considering it is almost 100 years old and there is no fading, etc. on the signatures, I'm fairly certain that what I have is, in fact, a copy of the original (the original now lost, I'm sure). However, It seems as if it is still a previously unknown photograph of Babe Ruth before he was "The Babe," standing next to the man he would eventually replace. I would never get rid of it because of the family connection and the fact that my grandfather gave it to me, but do any of you think that the Yankees or MLB might be interested in using it? I honestly have no idea if they would say, "wow that's the greatest thing ever," or "so what?" I'm not a memorabilia collector, so I don't know what is important and what is just mildly interesting.
Here is a link to the photograph (the "COPY" added by me)
http://imgur.com/Zh83Rah |
