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1940 Babe Ruth Signed Bank Check (PSA MINT 9)
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Here is the opportunity to possess an autograph of Babe Ruth. What does this mean? Let's look at the enormity of Ruth's fame. His teammate on the Boston Red Sox, Hall of Fame outfielder Harry Hooper, eloquently expressed the phenomena, the force of nature, that was the Babe: "Sometimes I still can't believe what I saw. This 19-year-old kid, crude, poorly educated, only lightly brushed by the social veneer we call civilization, gradually transform into the idol of American youth and the symbol of baseball the world over - a man loved by more people and with an intensity of feeling that perhaps has ever been equaled before or since." In 1939, Ruth became one the five inaugural inductees into The Baseball Hall of Fame. The next year, Ruth was still living in Manhattan in New York City. On October 10, 1940, he paid the "Empire Food Market" for an order with a check for fifty dollars. It was cashed the next day by the Chemical Bank of New York, on 73rd. Street in Manhattan. The Empire Food Market didn't place the Babe's check in a frame on the wall. But you can. Ruth signed the check as "G.H. Ruth", the initials standing for "George Herman". It's a beautiful signature, signed in blue steel-tip fountain pen. Included with the check is a PSA/DNA letter that authenticates the check and grades the Ruth signature as 9. Maybe the Empire Food Market really needed the money, but you can now do what they did not - keep and display a Babe Ruth signed check. PSA MINT 9 LOA included.</span></p>
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