Lot # 9: Babe Ruth DOUBLE SIGNED cancelled check written to wife Claire Ruth for $100 on 11/2/46 PSA/DNA

Category: Cancelled Checks

Starting Bid: $2,500.00

Bids: 10 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Springtime Classic Auction",
which ran from 3/26/2010 12:00 PM to
4/18/2010 3:00 AM




(LOT 9)
Babe Ruth DOUBLE SIGNED cancelled check written to wife Claire Ruth for $100 on 11/2/46 PSA/DNA
This check has been graded a MINT 9 by PSA/DNA and encapsulated for protection. Signed GH Ruth on the front and GH Ruth on the back for 2 Babe Ruth signatures, the check has also been signed by Ruth's wife Claire on the back as well. This check has been drawn off of CHASE NATIONAL BANK of the city of New York for $100.

In November 1946, Babe Ruth entered a hospital after suffering a monstrous pain above his left eye for a few months. The doctors told him he had cancer. He underwent a surgery but not all of it was removed. The cancer soon grew back. Babe Ruth died on August 16, 1948 at age 53.

MIN BID $2,500

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