Babe Ruth Signed by Braves 1914 (not quite)

[Rhotchkiss]

Lee, that is a real cool fact. Someone should write a book about Babe had they accepted to offer and Babe went off to the Braves.

I was once in deep discussion to loan (long term), my 524 card t206 to the HOF for display. After several weeks of discussion, they ultimately declined, concluding that being so large, the set would overwhelm the other baseball card and it would also place too much emphasis on one era/period of baseball. I was disappointed, but I fully understand (and actually agree with) the logic.

[Jobu]

Here is a nice write up of the telegram story, with photos:

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...red-babe-ruth/

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

It appears Ruth was available to all the teams at the right price.

[brianp-beme]

Thanks, I never heard about that before. I guess you could call it the Boston Braves curse...notice that after their 1914 World Series win the Boston Braves never won another one. Here is what the Braves missed out on:

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Brian

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Lee, that is a real cool fact. Someone should write a book about Babe had they accepted to offer and Babe went off to the Braves.

I was once in deep discussion to loan (long term), my 524 card t206 to the HOF for display. After several weeks of discussion, they ultimately declined, concluding that being so large, the set would overwhelm the other baseball card and it would also place too much emphasis on one era/period of baseball. I was disappointed, but I fully understand (and actually agree with) the logic.

That's weird.
When I went in 75, they had the entire Topps set in a huge rotating display. Probably uncut sheets, but I don't remember.
The few old judges they had were in small frames in a dark corner of the stairwell....