Help Identifying Babe Ruth...
 

I am very new to vintage card collecting outside of some select few T210 and T206 that I collect. My grandmother for Christmas handed down some of my grandfathers old collection to me though. I am having some trouble identifying a Babe Ruth card/photo that I have. At first I thought it was just an old photograph but then I found a 1936 Goudey Chuck Klein in the same envelope. I put it next to this card for reference. They are close to the same size so I thought maybe it was an odd shaped card that I could not find thru internet research. Can anyone help me identify this card/photo?

The Klein is a 1936 Goudey Wide Pen. Babe Ruth is not in that set. So they are not from the same set.

I do not know what the Ruth is from however. I'm sure someone else will be able to ID it though.

Cheers,
Patrick

Turned the picture for you, is there anything on the back of the Ruth?

Thank you! No, it is a blank back too.

Looks like Topps colorized the same picture for their 2011 stickers #287. After a google image search I found it on a few different modern issued cards but nothing vintage.

Ruth image is from 1921 Keystone Views...

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/m...iew%20Ruth.jpg

That "card" looks like a fantasy piece however.

Same as this 2010 too.
http://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/2...e_Ruth/5090916

I've never seen it before. It may help to get a better idea on what it is if you did a closeup photo of just the Ruth outside of the plastic case and sleeve.

What's the card-stock like? Very thin? thicker, similar to the Goudey? Maybe take a picture of the blank back too just to show what the card stock looks like. Is the front glossy?

The front does have somewhat of a gloss on it and it is heavier than the Goudey. The back of it seems like it was either glued to something in the past or had a peel and stick backing originally? The black on the back of the card has a felt feel to it like it is a different layer of paper. I can not tell if that black layer is originally part of the card or from another piece that it was "glued" to.

Agreed. First thing I thought was commemorative/fantasy, possibly 1980s.