AR / ITEM / 00100508
Babe Ruth’s Cartier $20 Coin Watch for Bumpy Johnson
The watch is inscribed “To Bumpy from Babe, Dec 25th, 1937”, documenting a Christmas gift from Babe Ruth to Bumpy Johnson.
- Date
- Made 1926; gifted 1937
- Reference
- No. 17426; movement 26'704
Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.
Record
The watch is inscribed “To Bumpy from Babe, Dec 25th, 1937”, documenting a Christmas gift from Babe Ruth to Bumpy Johnson. Christie’s sold the watch in New York on 21 June 2017 for $18,750. The object is individually identifiable rather than merely an example of its model, which is important for Arcarel’s object-level record. The cited Christie's source supplies the key provenance, event or institutional facts used here. No unnamed buyer or owner has been inferred, and fields not established by the source are left blank. Its significance comes from the combination of the physical watch and the documented people, events, institutions or market history attached to this specific specimen.
- Culture
- French
- Medium
- 18k gold
- Origin
- France
In the Tapestry
- Owned by
- Bumpy JohnsonA
- Associated with
- Christie'sA
Sources
- A
Christie's, 'Jackie Kennedy’s Cartier Tank — and other watches linked to American icons'
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