Equipment
Skirts, wide whitewalls. Freshly restored to concours condition. Great paint and interior. Crisp, sharp, brilliant chrome. Flawless. A fresh $300,000 restoration that some faulted in minute details but presents itself in immaculate splendor. This is the Babe Ruth Continental, a claim of little more basis than some oral history and tradition. Includes a period Babe Ruth Yankees jersey and a Babe Ruth model Louisville Slugger.
Market commentary
Sold by RM here in Arizo in tired, mostly origil condition in 2001 for $110,000 and subsequently given a nut and bolt concours quality restoration before being sold by RM at its auction of Michael Dingmans collection in 2006 for $407,000, a price that amazed onlookers. Still fresh and sharp, the hit that the most recent owner took is breathtaking. The buyer here did just fine, even discounting the Babe Ruth story.