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Prints and Photographs of Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle and Munson.
Lot 221. Prints and Photographs of Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle and Munson. Babe Ruth is the subject of a framed 12” x 16” R. H. Palenske lithograph titled “The Immortal ‘Babe’.” Palenske, who died in 1954, was a graphic artist and painter whose works are in the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library and the Royal Gallery of London. Nm-m. Ruth is shown also with his wife in a small photo that was printed recently. Dan McKee is the artist for a Mickey Mantle 12” x 15” pencil drawing print matted to 18” x 22”. Nm-m. Thurman Munson is featured in a similar McKee print, framed without glass, and in a 16” x 20” photographic artist’s proof by Robert Stephen Simon. Dated 1992 and signed by Simon, this proof contains four images of the New York Yankees’ catcher. Both are nm. Joe DiMaggio is shown in three photos. An 11” x 14” b&w photo has a facsimile autograph. An 8” x 10” color photo shows an older Joe with broth Dom. A recent 11 x 14” print shows DiMaggio at the 1936 All-Star Game with Gehrig, Cronin, Dickey, Gehringer, Foxx and Greenberg. Nm. Eight photos or prints.
Winning Bid $92.
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