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1921 Schapira Bros. Babe Ruth "Cleared the Bags" Subject -SGC 2 GD – "Pop 3; Only 3 SGC Examples Graded Higher!
Appropriately dubbed "Cleared the Bags", this SGC 2 GD 1921 Schapira Bros. Babe Ruth offering resides as one of only three SGC encapsulated copies with a paltry three examples graded higher. In this timeless pose, Babe Ruth has completed his majestic swing, with the candy company assuming he has smacked another tape-measure homer that "cleared the bags!" Ruth would post a mighty round-tripper 714 times in his illustrious career, and in many instances "cleared the bags" of any baserunners. Although he would eventually bat third ahead of Lou Gehrig in the Yankees batting order, Ruth was the textbook "clean-up" hitter, and in his early Yankees playing days, he would forever change baseball with his unprecedented number of long balls.

The Babe would actually out-homer nearly every MLB team over those first two Yankee seasons, embarking on an unequivocal legacy that would ultimately place him as our National Pastime's greatest all-time player. The condition sensitivity and scarcity level of the 1921 Schapira Bros. Candy Co. Ruth issues cannot be overemphasized, with many of these cards residing in SGC or PSA "Authentic" holders. Manually cut from 1921 candy boxes, Schapira Bros. utilized seven different Ruth poses to advertise their popular candy brand, with two of those being different portrait versions. Purchasers were able to redeem 250 candy box cards for an autographed Babe Ruth baseball, with this offering obviously spared the redemption exercise. Most significantly, the SGC census report lists only nine other specimens, justifying its immense scarcity and iconic "Sultan of Swat" stature!
MIN BID $400
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