Besides publishing a yearly guide, Spalding also issued Spalding's Official Baseball Record between 1908 and 1924. These were similar in style and size to their other annual. Since the Babe Ruth photo appears to be from a 1924 guide (the 1923 season is discussed on the back page), maybe that is the source of the photo. This is purely a guess on my part, just another place to look.
And let me go on record and say that both the Nolan Ryan clipping and this Babe Ruth plate are an outrage, and shame on the grading company for slabbing them. Sometimes you just have to reject something as not gradeable. I know there are some who disagree.
Edited to say I now realize the plate is later than 1924, so it could not be from the record book. My bad. But it still could be from a publication other than the better known yearly guides.
Last edited by barrysloate; 01-02-2014 at 12:54 PM.
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