Lot # 620: 1934 Babe Ruth (HOF) Quaker Oats Baseball Club Pin - PSA EX 5

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $150.00

Bids: 10 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Summer, 2023 Premier Auction",
which ran from 8/2/2023 12:00 PM to
8/19/2023 9:00 PM



Babe Ruth had a sweetheart deal with Quaker Oats as he neared the end of his playing days and the company issued a wide range of premiums and products using his image. His agent, Christy Walsh, was quick to realize the endorsement power of the Mighty Babe and seeing these items is still a treat.  This is a 1934 pin given out as part of the promotion kicking off Ruth's Quaker Oats sponsored radio show and all you needed to do was send a single cereal box top with your address to receive one of the beauties. This PSA 5 "membership badge" as it were, was apparently treasured, with just some foxing seen around the rim. The image of Ruth is clean and strong. A neat artifact from a long ago time!

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