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Babe Ruth Autographed Glove w/Photo Documentation of Signing (PSA & JSA)
<p>Here is a true story about Babe Ruth, a hard-working newspaper boy from the Midwest named Jim Headley, war time, the boy's glove signed by the Babe, and a photograph recording the event - all of this story is wrapped up an exclusive photo of Babe Ruth signing the glove. Yes, these items transport us back in time to 1942 and 1943 when World War II was ragging, and the sweet story of the newsboy and the Babe stands in startling contrast to the often devasting stories of young men, not much older Jim, in combat. Thankfully, this story, although war related, is one of innocent happiness. </p><p>While the world was at war overseas, back in the home-front of the USA, civilians helped the effort by buying war bonds and defense stamps. As the included photocopy of a story in the Akron Beacon Journal newspaper (May 22, 1942) relates, news carriers of the newspaper had sold four million war stamps, more than any other newspaper of comparable size in the country. The article relates that the prize for the carriers was a trip to the June 23,1943 celebration at the Cleveland Public Auditorium. Jim Headley brought his Pinky Higgins model glove, manufactured by The Newman Sterns Co, of Cleveland. The enclosed photo shows the Babe signing the glove right on the spot on glove's pinky finger. Did the Babe sign the pinky finger in fun to match the Pinky Higgins model? A close perusal of the photo shows the Babe signing exactly where his signature resides on this glove. Jim's ticket to the celebration has these words on the verso: "Jim - went to Cleveland with Mr. Chapes of Beacon Jornal - Wed. 25,1943 - Reward for selling 59,091 10 C[ent] defense stamps. Came home with a B.B. mit [sic] signed by Babe Ruth." The Babe was a generous signer of autographs and photos, but very few items signed by Ruth have photos of him signing, and this adds to the glove's value. Gloves signed by Babe Ruth are very scarce. Perhaps many of the gloves he signed were later used so much in play that the signatures became lost to time. Thus, the few remaining gloves signed by Babe Ruth have great, and increasing, value. Jim's glove, after all these years shows only the slightest of wear, consistent with light use, near the stitch trim region. Ruth signed "Babe Ruth" in a clear, neat script with a black fountain pen. The autograph rates about 7/10. Any collection would be enhanced by not only a glove signed by the Babe, but the ONLY Babe Ruth signed glove we know of with a photo of the event.</p>
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