Rare Babe Ruth Miniature Fetches $1,325 for Charity
Topps Inc. and WizKids Inc., makers of the hit collectable miniatures game
(CMG) MLB SportsClix, announced that the charity auction for the Babe Ruth
Masterpiece Figure netted $1,325 for the Boys and Girls Club of America.
The figure is well-known, as it features Babe Ruth in his 1917 Red Sox
uniform - only two years before the "Curse of the Bambino" struck Boston!
Chris Hart, the WizKids painters who completed this piece, finished putting
Ruth back in his Red Sox uniform on October 20th - the night of the Sox'
historic Game Seven victory, when the "Curse" was finally put to rest!
"We couldn't be happier that this historic game piece brought in so much for
the Boys and Girls Club," said Mike Samora, Vice-President of Marketing at
WizKids. "It shows just how much our fans are willing to help others."
The Babe Ruth miniature, one of only fifty hand-crafted pieces made, is
hand-numbered #1 of 50 and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from
Beckett.
This auction was the first chance to purchase a piece from the MLB
SportsClix 2005 set, which releases in April of 2005.
Source: The Topps Company, Inc.
Date: November 23, 2004
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