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Old 04-08-2014, 05:56 PM
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It seems like fewer and fewer early Ruth cards are being offered in recent high profile auctions and on the web. I know that the 1914 Baltimore News, the 1915 real photo team postcard and the 1916 M 101 have been "on fire" for the past year. It seems like people are just holding on to these examples even if they were lucky enough to have paid a fraction of what the cards might bring in today's market. Even the "more modern" rare Ruth stuff is bringing a premium.

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Early, and mostly all, Ruth cards have been going up. I wish I would have picked up a few more years ago....These are from '21.
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That quarter is not from 1921.
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That quarter is not from 1921.
After bidding on a few Goudey Ruths lately I think the whole Ruth (true vintage) market is quite hot. I did a quick count on my site and it looks like I have 58 different, period, Ruths. I guess I have him covered so far....Always room for more though....

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Speaking of early Ruths: I am waiting patiently for a certain board member to sell me a certain early Ruth.

You know who you are, buddy! One day I'm gonna get the call it's for sale
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I'd love to see some early Ruth cards that folks have. Seems like many are becoming "untouchable" for even the advanced collector.

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Not really an early Ruth but one I have wanted to replace since I bought one from a Gar Miller mimeograph sheet. It came in with an unexpected wrinkle through his face and I eventually sold it.....These have also gone up quite a bit....

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Wolf that is pretty amazing centering for that card. Must feel great. Enjoy!
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Not really an early Ruth but one I have wanted to replace since I bought one from a Gar Miller mimeograph sheet. It came in with an unexpected wrinkle through his face and I eventually sold it.....These have also gone up quite a bit....

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Was this Ruth a crossover from SGC? I had a SGC50 at one time and this one looks like it.
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Was this Ruth a crossover from SGC? I had a SGC50 at one time and this one looks like it.
I won it last night in the Mile High auction. I don't know anything about it except the centering for this card reminds me of '52 Mantles. Try to find one, in any grade, centered nicely. I personally like this pose the best of the 4 in the set.
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Not really an early Ruth but one I have wanted to replace since I bought one from a Gar Miller mimeograph sheet. It came in with an unexpected wrinkle through his face and I eventually sold it.....These have also gone up quite a bit....

Nice card Leon! All Ruth card are on fire. The Goudey's have had quite a run up in price. The #144 Ruth is my favorite of the four poses. The art deco feel is tremendous. Although it's a double print, it's a tough card to find with nice eye appeal. Well done.

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Leon,

I was thinking the same thing; your new addition has very rare centering and robust borders to boot.

And Dean's is also a special copy for the rare centering. The only thing perhaps rarer is seeing both top notch specimens in the same thread back to back like that!

I will take those two cards over an OC 8 all day every day.
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Centering is the least of my problems with my early Ruth. I felt pretty fortunate to pick my Red Sox Ruth up when I did. I sure wish I would have picked up a M104/5 when I probably could have made it happen.
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One of my 10 favorite cards...

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So I understand "early" for Ruth cards really aren't the ones I personally posted. So what do we think is "early" for a Ruth card? Does it have to be in the teens? Maybe before 1925'ish? I should add, thanks for the kind words on the pick up, guys. I have been looking for a short while for a nice one....but not too high grade.

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to me early is pre 22...where there are still cards found with ruth in a Red Sox uni.
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To me early is pre-1925, before Gehrig joined. Here's a miscut card that I think still has great eye appeal.
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I think I would agree with pre-1925 post. When I first started this thread, I guess I was amazed that more people hadn't been willing to put their Ruth cards up in some of the major Spring auctions in an effort to cash in. It seems to me like the Babe Ruth "craze" has taken a firm hold on the cardboard side of the hobby and people are in "holding" mode. I enjoy seeing any Ruth cards, so I'd encourage people to show their Ruth cards regardless of the year.....for me, as a Red Sox fan, I enjoy seeing his early stuff the most.

I picked up one of the 1915 real photo Red Sox team postcards this year...one of I believe six or so that have been graded. It cost me a lot, but hey, this is the year to celebrate a man who is better known worldwide than some political leaders.
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Pete, those have been trading hands-- when they do-- at increasingly dizzying levels, from what I hear. Pretty awesome pieces.
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Great cards Gary...Pete...Leon I love some of your obscure ruth cards...58...that's all?

Here are a few of mine.
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Pete,

You're kidding with that M101-6! No effing way dude. That is INSANE CARDBOARD.

Now sell it to me. Trade it to me. Let's talk!

Seriously though that's serious.
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Wonder why his is listed as a center fielder on the M101-6?
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whatever Matty...you've got enough nice cards!!!!
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Those are great cards, Daryl, Pete C. and Pete U. Awesome M101-6!
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Yaknow that's a great point about that M101-6 inaccuracy. I mean, it really makes the card undesirable IMO. Seriously, who wants a card that says Ruth is playing CF? It even says Yankees on it but he's not in that uniform. For these aforementioned reasons, I think you should really let it go-- these inaccuracies on one card just form a blight on your whole collection. I will take this albatross off your hands. And in return you can buy me a steak at The National.

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well...Ruth did play CF for boston...this is supposedly the first ruth issue depicting him as a yankee...maybe someone was guessing where he'd play?

be that as it may...this card quite possibly may be the only ruth card depicting him as a center fielder...in a Red Sox uni...as a yankee...id say due to the "magna carta" nature of these clues...in addition to the low pop should catapult this card into 7 figure nirvana!
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Ruth started his Yankee career as a centerfielder-- he played the first 6 games of the season there. He likely played the bulk of the Spring Training games at that position as well. This may provide some insight as to when Mendelsohn released the card, as by the end of April CF was not the Babe's primary position.

BTW, the m101-6 Red Sox version of Ruth captions him as a pitcher, and by 1919 he was more of an everyday outfielder. In fact the same might be said for 1918, which hints that the Ruth BOS was released in late 1917 when the set was first offered.

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be that as it may...this card quite possibly may be the only ruth card depicting him as a center fielder...in a Red Sox uni...as a yankee...id say due to the "magna carta" nature of these clues...in addition to the low pop should catapult this card into 7 figure nirvana!
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Beautiful c. 1915 postcards Pete! You know I'd love to have the "hands on hips" but could never afford it now. Some of those are 1 of 1 correct? I love that you have such early cardboard images of him. What would b cool is if another postcard was discovered with a 1914 or 1915 postmark. But for now, not knowing the exact year and having 1 of 1 should feel pretty nice. I think another member has the only other "set pitching pose" PC that I am aware of. I made him an offer a while ago, but he too is holding. Some of these items don't seem to have a price tag.

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i think most of these items have a price tag...it just has to be more bloomingdales than marshalls.
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Thanks guys, and beautiful cardboard as well. Ethan, the "hands on hips" & "on bench" are one of ones, the other is a one of two, with the other grade a SGC 50. From the research I've done they are from 1915. Very seldom does SGC give a specific year. A postmark on the back won't even commit them to put a date on there. The only thing you can count on with a postmark is it will be a SGC 10. Really unique pieces.

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Here are mine - the rinkeydink I just picked up from a board member. Thanks again gary.




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I was happy to add this to my collection 5 years ago.
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Great cards guys.
I always like to see more Ruth cards, early or later, as long as they are before he passed away. I don't have as much affinity for commemorative types but I know a lot of collectors do. Not sure if this one (shown before too) is early or late as there is no definitive year for it (or definitive set for that matter).

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Centering is the least of my problems with my early Ruth. I felt pretty fortunate to pick my Red Sox Ruth up when I did. I sure wish I would have picked up a M104/5 when I probably could have made it happen.
The Collins-McCarthy is a great card in any condition, Mike, and many, many times tougher than the M-101 rookie! You'll enjoy seeing the value rise consistently in the years to come.

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seeing as ruth's career spanned 1914-1935...which amounts to 22 seasons...it would make logical sense to view ruths career as a good story...which has a beginning...a middle and an end. I'd divide ruth's career into 3rds...the early years...or the beginning...1915-1921/2...the middle years 1921/22-1928...and the end...1928-1935.

On a different note those 2nd year ruth cards are tough...they never come up anymore...but I'm sure they are out there somewhere!
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My earliest..... I've got some serious cardboard envy in this thread!
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Thought this one should get in the thread also. Possibly my favorite Ruth I own. The Image(s) are amazing!
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i wish i'd have picked up some ruth strips when they were really cheap!!!!
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Yes. The early strips are also becoming top dollar collectables!!
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Nobody else here has a '23 Lections Ruth (a card which also symbolizes the year the House that Ruth built came into being, and the Yankees very first World Championship), or '31-32 Exhibit Babe (described as the rarest Exhibit Ruth in the Standard Catalog) from the movie stars set??? I can see I'm going to have to get a good scanner--will do so as soon as possible!

Thanks for sharing some wonderful cards, guys--IMHO, look for the Babe to keep going up in $$$. They're going into private collections for the most part, not to speculators or dealers, and many will disappear for years or even decades, which vastly and consistently reduces the available supply. It is the available supply at any given moment, rather than the total in existence, which looms largest among scarce to rare cards in the demand over supply equation, insofar as value is concerned.

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Nobody else here has a '23 Lections Ruth (a card which also symbolizes the year the House that Ruth built came into being, and the Yankees very first World Championship), or '31-32 Exhibit Babe (described as the rarest Exhibit Ruth in the Standard Catalog) from the movie stars set??? I can see I'm going to have to get a good scanner--will do so as soon as possible!

Thanks for sharing some wonderful cards, guys--IMHO, look for the Babe to keep going up in $$$. They're going into private collections for the most part, not to speculators or dealers, and many will disappear for years or even decades, which vastly and consistently reduces the available supply. It is the available supply at any given moment, rather than the total in existence, which looms largest among scarce to rare cards in the demand over supply equation, insofar as value is concerned.

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Spot on. Ruths, high-end Mantles, CJs of Cobb, Shoeless, Matty horizontal, it seems all the blue-chip stuff with eye appeal is vanishing into collections. And guys with the bankroll to acquire these items will, more often than not, have lengthy horizons when it comes to ever selling. There's pop reports and then there's effective available supply. When I get my hands on a real beauty, for example, the odds of it hitting market in decades, if ever, are infinitesimal.
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Nobody else here has a '23 Lections Ruth (a card which also symbolizes the year the House that Ruth built came into being, and the Yankees very first World Championship), or '31-32 Exhibit Babe (described as the rarest Exhibit Ruth in the Standard Catalog) from the movie stars set??? I can see I'm going to have to get a good scanner--will do so as soon as possible!

Thanks for sharing some wonderful cards, guys--IMHO, look for the Babe to keep going up in $$$. They're going into private collections for the most part, not to speculators or dealers, and many will disappear for years or even decades, which vastly and consistently reduces the available supply. It is the available supply at any given moment, rather than the total in existence, which looms largest among scarce to rare cards in the demand over supply equation, insofar as value is concerned.

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Here's one. Not really an early Ruth but my rarest for sure:
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Although I believe the Frederick Fotos were most likely issued over a number of years, I would consider this an early Ruth card. (Not my card.)


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Speaking of early Ruths: I am waiting patiently for a certain board member to sell me a certain early Ruth.

You know who you are, buddy! One day I'm gonna get the call it's for sale
Now that wouldn't be ME Matt and the card wouldn't be a PCL Ruth...would it??? LOL....patience is a virtue!

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Just picked this one up yesterday as an upgrade. Always loved this pose. I know its been shown before on the thread but still one of my favorites.
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