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Babe Ruth Postcard 1930

Going to auction....
...tape, piece missing and pinhole but that all said, not a bad, very rare, image of Ruth and others

Great image! Check the spats on Sharkey and Ruth’s feet! GLW the sale….

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Originally Posted by NiceDocter (Post 2135749)

Great image! Check the spats on Sharkey and Ruth’s feet! GLW the sale….

Thanks! One price cut and then it might head to auction...

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Some really interesting details. Tom Sharkey who's in a boxing robe is 57 at this point. Jack Sharkey (no relation) in the suit is 28 and in his prime. Pat Maguire is NOT the well-known Irish boxer Paddy Maguire who wasn't even born until 1936. Can't figure out who that Pat Maguire is! May have been some sort of promotion for the Jack Sharkey, Young Stribling fight which happened in Miami shortly thereafter.

Interesting note the original promoter died and the boxing commission appointed Jack Dempsey to replace him. Jack Sharkey (who was actually Lithuanian) Took his boxing name from his two heroes, Jack Dempsey and Tom Sharkey.