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The Trouble With Clutter & The Appeal of Pop Culture

Something You Should Know

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Babe Ruth's Baseball

In 1921, Babe Ruth organized a bond storming tour of Major League Baseball players who played little town teams all across the eastern half of the United States. When people donate it, when it makes its way there, is it truly a donation? Do you pay for things or people just give it because isn't it cool my baseballs in the Smithsonian? So the answer is it can be either. Most of our items come from the donation where we do not pay. And so most of our items are donated and then on occasion we are able to purchase things on the market.

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