* Home movies

October 14, 2009

I think a fantasy for every collector is to come across a rare item totally by accident: a garage sale in which the seller wants to get rid of some bit of memorabilia that used to belong to a dead uncle. A book long-forgotten in an attic corner. Or a cannister of grainy black-and-white film featuring the mighty Babe Ruth. Here’s the NY Times story, and a media piece from the paper.

And while, strictly speaking, this is a documentary rather than a home movie, it also features a long-gone legend, in this case Josh Gibson, who was often considered the black Ruth. The piece references William Brashler’s 1978 biography, Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues. This article also features a brief video excerpt.


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