Great Pre-WWII baseball cards

[Leon]

This F52 Froy Joy Ruth Portrait isn't that great but at least it is a pre-wwII baseball card and we can talk about it. :) And that is more than I can say for a lot of threads on the front page recently. Sure would be nice to see some more card related threads. The show threads and others are great but I always like the card threads a lot..

I am sure this was shown before but it was a gladly accepted boomerang from submitting my collection to SGC when I sold it. They don't grade these. I wish they would except for this one instance(since I got to keep it). Btw, these are a great alternative to other period Ruth cards and can be had for a fraction of many others.

[Chesbro41]

Love that card Leon. Not a lot of real Babe portraits out there... maybe the Maple Crispette is the one with him the youngest. SGC should figure out how to grade them especially if they are doing his Candy cards again... here's my Maple and a tough Ruth Candy I own.

[Stonepony]

Any Ruth is fantastic!

[Leon]

Any Ruth is fantastic!

I do agree Dave but there are lots better cards of him imo.....The Fro Joys are still cool though... We all need more Ruth cards...I know I do. My avatar is about my only other one currently..

http://luckeycards.com/pr319ruth2a.jpg

[Chesbro41]

That's one hell of a 2.5 Leon

[brianp-beme]

A great Ruth card that doesn't quite garner the respect it deserves is the 1933 Sport Kings. Great pose and artistry, and can go for a reasonable Ruthian amount.

Brian

[ValKehl]

These are my favorite poses of the Fro-joy and Ruth Candy cards. Leon, I assume Beckett still grades the Fro-joys.

[rgpete]

Any Ruth is a great Pre-WWII card 1928 Harrington's

[Paul S]

Good info to know. I sold a couple a Babes several years ago. In the future when my financial dust settles I hope to pick up a few different cards to keep me company. I don't imagine the prices on some of these will be all that much higher at that point...but who knows?

Note to Brian: That's one of the "reasonable" cards I sold. I received a reasonable amount.

[brianp-beme]

Note to Brian: That's one of the "reasonable" cards I sold. I received a reasonable amount.

Paul, reasonable people think reasonably alike.

Brian

[rgpete]

1920's Strip cards are good too

[wnp22]

Leon, what is the reason SGC won't grade those? I believe I've read before it's because they were receiving lots of fakes, but I could be totally mistaken about that.

[yanksfan09]

Some Ruthian cards...

[Brian Van Horn]

Great Pre-WWII baseball cards.

Not an exhaustive list:

[MattyC]

Gotta shout out the man Ruth looked up to in the hitting department...

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/Martin_Riggs/centered-non-mantle-cards/43655/1909-e90-1-jackson-rc

http://i.imgur.com/8s6pGQr.jpg

And here's one other hitter so slept-on. His 1932 and 1938 seasons boggle the mind. Plus such a pleasing image.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/Martin_Riggs/centered-non-mantle-cards/40623/1933-goudey-foxx

[glchen]

Nice cards, everyone! Here are my contributions.

[ullmandds]

I always coveted this card...found one raw at an antiques show last year...as I previously shared...find of a lifetime for me.

[EvilKing00]

as a kid in the early to mid 80's starting to watch baseball - i never got to see some of the old time greats and the greatest ever ruth. 247025

But im very thankful i did get to see the greatest even in other sports

Gretzky & Jordan

Football is a tougher call but with Manning and many other QB's, other positions with jerry Rice etc and Defenders like LT i got to see plenty

[Stonepony]

Those mysterious unc candy cards
247027

[brianp-beme]

More great vintage bb cards...thankfully there is room in our hobby for random, non-discriminating collectors like me!

Brian

[EvilKing00]

More great vintage bb cards...thankfully there is room in our hobby for random, non-discriminating collectors like me!

Brian

Looks like that 2nd group of cards was on a key chain, hole punched then eventually worn away and or torn off

[Kawika]

A random assortment of pre-war cards from the vault to brighten up a drizzly Sunday morning in British Siberia.

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/D304%20Mathewson.JPG

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/PC796%20Wagner_13.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/holygrailcards/websize/E107%20Chesbro.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/holygrailcards/websize/T210_Stengel.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/holygrailcards/websize/11ZN%20Halla.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/holygrailcards/websize/exM116%20Speaker.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/t2091contentneaseries1/websize/T209_Martin.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/mischidden/recentpickups/large/DMcD991.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/mischidden/recentpickups/large/1906%20Ullman%20McGinnity%20pc1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/mischidden/recentpickups/websize/33ZN%20Oana%20_coupon_.jpg

[edhans]

Wonderful stuff, David.

[smtjoy]

Great cards. here are a few more-

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Vintage%20Cards/1887%20N172%20Old%20Judges/1887OJ-160-1-Fields-wBarkley-Pittsburg-50-CU.jpg (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/smtjoy/media/Vintage%20Cards/1887%20N172%20Old%20Judges/1887OJ-160-1-Fields-wBarkley-Pittsburg-50-CU.jpg.html)http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Vintage%20Cards/M101-6%20Felix%20Mendlesohn/1917-20%20Felix%20Mendelsohn%20M101-6%20-%20Sisler%20-%2055%20-%20CU_zpsovyp9nv9.jpg (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/smtjoy/media/Vintage%20Cards/M101-6%20Felix%20Mendlesohn/1917-20%20Felix%20Mendelsohn%20M101-6%20-%20Sisler%20-%2055%20-%20CU_zpsovyp9nv9.jpg.html)

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Vintage%20Cards/1928R315-Ruth-YellowType2-45_zps756c96f6.jpg (http://s112.photobucket.com/user/smtjoy/media/Vintage%20Cards/1928R315-Ruth-YellowType2-45_zps756c96f6.jpg.html)

[Yoda]

as a kid in the early to mid 80's starting to watch baseball - i never got to see some of the old time greats and the greatest ever ruth. 247025

But im very thankful i did get to see the greatest even in other sports

Gretzky & Jordan

Football is a tougher call but with Manning and many other QB's, other positions with jerry Rice etc and Defenders like LT i got to see plenty
One of the great stories about Fro Joys, except the bogus ones, is when the photographer asked Ruth to remove his chewing gum for the portrait shot and the Babe obligingly parked the wad on the top of his cap, as can be seen in the photo.

[CardMD]

A random assortment of pre-war cards from the vault to brighten up a drizzly Sunday morning in British Siberia.

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/D304%20Mathewson.JPG

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/bbhofthefirstclass/large/PC796%20Wagner_13.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/holygrailcards/websize/E107%20Chesbro.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/holygrailcards/websize/T210_Stengel.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/holygrailcards/websize/11ZN%20Halla.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/holygrailcards/websize/exM116%20Speaker.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/baseball/t2091contentneaseries1/websize/T209_Martin.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/mischidden/recentpickups/large/DMcD991.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/mischidden/recentpickups/large/1906%20Ullman%20McGinnity%20pc1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/sportscardsetc/mischidden/recentpickups/websize/33ZN%20Oana%20_coupon_.jpg

Oh my goodness!! Those are amazing!! All centerpieces. Can't stop looking at all of them.

[Rickyy]

Mmmm....love pre war card photos.... here's my contribution...

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i249/ricardoyo/1920%204%20in%201%20Exhibit%20and%201931-32%20Exhibit%20Ruth_zps5bpmlq9y.jpg

Ricky Y

[DeanH3]

Some fantastic cardboard in this thread.

I gotta agree with Pete, the CJ Big Train is a special card.

One each of the first 5.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/DeanH4/pre-war/11692/1915-cracker-jack-walter-johnson
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/DeanH4/pre-war/11697/1909-11-t206-christy-mathewson-portrait
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/DeanH4/pre-war/11690/1909-e101-honus-wagner
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/DeanH4/pre-war/11688/1910-e93-standard-caramel-ty-cobb
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/DeanH4/pre-war/11702/1933-goudey-babe-ruth-144

[yanksfan09]

some more faves...

[irv]

I have to stay out of these threads!

Everytime I see some of these cards, I want to give up post war and start collecting pre! :D

Very nice cards everyone!