March 27, 1946 Babe Ruth Signed Typed Letter. Charley Weber had his daughter to thank for his incredible baseball connectio... (2 )

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March 27, 1946 Babe Ruth Signed Typed Letter. Charley Weber had his daughter to thank for his incredible baseball connections. Though his good natured gregariousness and the top-quality meat he sold at his butcher shop certainly endeared him to the elite of the New York dugouts, it all began when in 1933 his daughter married a nineteen-year old rookie pitcher for the New York Giants named Jack Salveson. Many introductions were subsequently made. Soon Charley was rubbing elbows with Gehrig and Stengel. Bill Terry and Branch Rickey, who lived in the Bronxville, New York neighborhood where Weber's Market stood, were frequent customers and good friends. A newspaper clipping included in the magnificent collection we present below pictures Weber at a dinner beside Ford Frick and Leo Durocher. But, of course, none of Weber's new friends could compete in the fame game with the sport's greatest legend, the Bambino himself. Weber's 1973 obituary notes "Baseball standout Babe Ruth often spent many an hour in the back of Weber's market spinning tales to a captivated audience. The twosome often bowled together, and Ruth was a frequent visitor at the cattle farm which Mr. Weber owned during World War II."

It's certainly clear simply from this collection of correspondence that there was a special bond between the butcher and the Babe. Wherever Ruth traveled in his later years, whether Mexico City, Acapulco, Miami Beach or Chicago, he took the time to drop a postcard in the mail to his good friend Charley, and Charley held onto them with great affection and pride. The postcards also speak volumes about the Babe and his legendary sense of humor, which is illustrated in the variety of comical cards he picked to mail to his friend.

We are pleased to offer this very personal look into the life and mind of baseball's greatest superstar. Each piece offers its own unique insight, and we invite each of you to choose your favorites, and to bid to win. A photocopy of the Frick and Durocher baseball dinner newspaper clipping, and of Weber's obituary, will be included with each lot.

Text: "March 27th 1946, Mr. Charles Weber, Weber's Market, Bronxville, N.Y.

Dear Charley, We surely missed you at The Birthday Party of Lydia and Russ last night. We really had a swell time and those steaks were really 'out of the world' everybody talked about how good they were. I mean it that we all missed you very much. Your Daughter Lillian did a fair job of bowling she shot her usual 114 that is in the second game. I hope that all concerned live to be one hundred or more years old and then some and that we can celebrate many more birthdays. Well Charley thanks for myself and all the GANG. Sincerely yours, Babe Ruth." Letter is typed, with black fountain pen closing signature.

Media: "Babe Ruth, New York" personal letterhead, 8.5x11". Included is matching mailing envelope with typed address.

Condition: Letter and signature NRMT-MT; envelope EX. LOA from Steve Grad & Zach Rullo/ PSA DNA.