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05-09-2002, 08:10 AM
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Here's the deal folks. I can not post a scan as I have used up my allotted 7 of them. I am supposed to put this card in the mail for a return today. I am not sure I want to as I don't know what it is. Here is the best I can do to describe it. Please help if you can. It is a Babe Ruth card. It measures about 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 and is a headshot of him with a NY cap on. He looks pretty old in the picture. It is a HAND cut card with a black 1/6 in. border on the outside and right inside that there is a 1/8 inch white border. On the back there is an older looking (but young) Coca Cola girl with a hand showing holding an older looking Coke glass. It says, in cursive, "Everybody Drinks Coca-Cola".....she looks to be from a 20's type ad.... but the card looks to be from the 40's to me and the guy I got it from swears that he has had several dealers tell him it is from the 20's to 30's.....this Ruth pic is not from the 20's...he is too old looking....the front does have some gloss to it but it is a duller looking gloss and is evenly distributed....sorry for the long winded description but that is the best I can do......thanks and best regards....
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05-09-2002, 12:15 PM
Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>Leon, email me the scan and I will post it for you.<BR><BR>Jay
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05-09-2002, 01:13 PM
Posted By: <b>jay berhens</b><p>Here is the front of the Ruth card. Hopefully, I will be able to post teh abck for Leon later today. My Photoshop program is not recognizing the second page of the pdf file <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14><BR><BR><img src="http://home.earthlink.net/~sabrjay1/ruth.jpg">
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05-09-2002, 01:19 PM
Posted By: <b>runscott</b><p><img src="http://network54.com/Realm/runscott/LEONBABE.JPG">
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05-09-2002, 02:50 PM
Posted By: <b>brian</b><p>hey Leon<BR> I have seen this card before,I'm almost certain it is cut from at late 30's early 40's coke ad. It's been a long time since I've seen one, probably 10-12 years, but Babe was not the only card on the ad, I think there were 3-5 others. I will try to unclog my brain and remember exactly what it looks like.<BR> later brian
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05-09-2002, 03:07 PM
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>at $225.00 I am returning it....and seller is ok with this as I bought it sight unseen.....what do you/ya'll think?...thanks again (put off the return till tomorrow....I hate returns but this was sight unseen)
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05-09-2002, 03:35 PM
Posted By: <b>brian</b><p>I think you should return it. If I remember correctly the whole ad didn't cost that much. I hope that helps. later brian<BR><BR><BR>ps It kinda looks like a coaster.