HELP HELP WITH unknown Babe Ruth!

[magicartwerx]

Hello Sports card specialists! I'm new here. I have been for months trying to pin down the info on this Babe Ruth. I want to get it graded but I'm unable to without knowing what it is. It has stumped 3 professionals so far. What I do know. I found it with other cards from the mid to late 50s. The box has not been added to since that time period. I believe it is from that era. It is not as big as a post card and larger than regular card. I took it to a print and paper expert and he says it is printed and its age appears to be from that time. I have yet to find another or this picture anywhere else of Ruth. the autograph is printed. It has no copyright,company,or date. PSA says it is the same photograph of Ruth used in the 61 Fleer card. That is all I know. PLEASE after months of looking and asking I just want to know what it is or ANY info to help my quest for info and ultimately graded...
Thanks
MAGIC
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t59/mr64magic/20130109_150219_zps76971f05-1_zps76575534.jpg
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[EvilKing00]

cool looking card - i found the wording "hit 4 home runs with the basas FILLED" interesting as opposed to "loaded"

never seen this card before and i have done alot of reasearch on ruth over the years. GL

[GrayGhost]

Interesting card. Doesn't list anything other than Yankees/Sox or a date of death either. " A mighty man was he"..hmm. maybe some kinda commemoration after he died? But, again, n o DOD..

I'm interested too in the info as to what this ultimately turns out to be

[Sean1125]

ORIGINAL: http://www.oldcardboard.com/eNews/2008/eNews51/eNews51.htm
Another source: http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/pacific-coast-bb-news/pacific-coast-bb-news.asp?cardsetID=1413

I copied the article, pictures are on the website.

"
1949 Ruth Tribute Card

The oversized card in this one-card "set" is believed to have been produced as a tribute to Babe Ruth only months after Ruth's death in 1948.

The only labeling on the front of the borderless black and white cards is a facsimile signature of Ruth.

The 3-7/8 by 5-5/8 inch cards were apparently distributed by two different sponsors (see card back examples below). As indicated by the last line at the bottom of the card on the left, the cards were provided "Compliments of American Association of Professional Baseball Clubs." In a variation, this sponsor's tag line is omitted (example on the right). It was these cards with the omitted sponsor's tag line that were distributed as premiums offered along with a one-year (1949) subscription to Pacific Coast Baseball News, a publication of the Pacific Coast Sports Publishing Company of Los Angeles. While both variations are scarce, neither back variation is considered substantially more difficult to find than the other.

Both back variations are the same except for the sponsor tag line. As shown in the examples, both are filled with Ruth's batting statistics from 1920 through 1934 while he was with the Yankees, and his pitching statistics for the years 1915 through 1918 while with the Red Sox. Ruth's batting performance is also provided for the each of the five years that he participated in the World Series. A narrative at the bottom of the card also provides career highlights.

The Ruth card was promoted in coupon ads that ran prior to the start of the 1949 season. The card was obtained as a premium by sending the coupon part of the ad along with $1.00 for a 1949 annual subscription to the newspaper. According to the ad, the Pacific Coast Baseball News was a semi-monthly with thirteen issues published during the baseball season. It claimed to be "the only publication exclusively serving Pacific Coast diamond fans."
"

[EvilKing00]

Nice!

[GrayGhost]

ORIGINAL: http://www.oldcardboard.com/eNews/2008/eNews51/eNews51.htm
Another source: http://www.oldcardboard.com/m/pacific-coast-bb-news/pacific-coast-bb-news.asp?cardsetID=1413

I copied the article, pictures are on the website.

"
1949 Ruth Tribute Card

The oversized card in this one-card "set" is believed to have been produced as a tribute to Babe Ruth only months after Ruth's death in 1948.

The only labeling on the front of the borderless black and white cards is a facsimile signature of Ruth.

The 3-7/8 by 5-5/8 inch cards were apparently distributed by two different sponsors (see card back examples below). As indicated by the last line at the bottom of the card on the left, the cards were provided "Compliments of American Association of Professional Baseball Clubs." In a variation, this sponsor's tag line is omitted (example on the right). It was these cards with the omitted sponsor's tag line that were distributed as premiums offered along with a one-year (1949) subscription to Pacific Coast Baseball News, a publication of the Pacific Coast Sports Publishing Company of Los Angeles. While both variations are scarce, neither back variation is considered substantially more difficult to find than the other.

Both back variations are the same except for the sponsor tag line. As shown in the examples, both are filled with Ruth's batting statistics from 1920 through 1934 while he was with the Yankees, and his pitching statistics for the years 1915 through 1918 while with the Red Sox. Ruth's batting performance is also provided for the each of the five years that he participated in the World Series. A narrative at the bottom of the card also provides career highlights.

The Ruth card was promoted in coupon ads that ran prior to the start of the 1949 season. The card was obtained as a premium by sending the coupon part of the ad along with $1.00 for a 1949 annual subscription to the newspaper. According to the ad, the Pacific Coast Baseball News was a semi-monthly with thirteen issues published during the baseball season. It claimed to be "the only publication exclusively serving Pacific Coast diamond fans."
"

I had part of it right:)

[HBroll]

This is how its listed in the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards

[Deertick]

It has stumped 3 professionals so far.

Professionals. Pfffft. Net54 has experts. :D

[magicartwerx]

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!! OMG I called and talked to PSA and they had nothing!!!!

[doug.goodman]

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!! OMG I called and talked to PSA and they had nothing!!!!

It's kind of ironic that, if you follow thru with your quest, you are now going to give money to the people who "had nothing!!!!" so that they can tell you what quality of card it is.

Chuckling,
Doug

[Sean1125]

A quick note to anyone needing to locate a card.

Using google chrome open up a second tab and go to images.google.com

Drag your image (this ruth card) from this page or wherever it is hosted and drop it into the google images tab if there is any image on the open web that matches it you will be shown.

[Directly]

A neat card---I sold a newspaper tribute card like this in the $50.00 range---the one I sold had a little damage on the back from being in a scrapebook--your example is nicer---

[glchen]

The funny thing is, PSA slabbed this card for me months ago...