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Bad blood between Ruth and Gehrig is meaningless. Lots of co-workers don't like each other. So what? It happens. Doesn't make one better than the other. As for the statistical argument, well, that just ignores the facts. Ruth was a HOF caliber lefty who happened to be so valuable that he set the template for playing both field and pitcher, then was too valuable playing every day to leave as a pitcher and part-time position player. |
A nice PSA 4 red Ruth ended last night with Probstein. While there has been a lot of lower grades 1-2s come up, you don’t see a lot of 4-5-6s coming up very much now especially nice ones like the example last night.
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I used to have all four, but found myself really grabbing the #144 first to hold and enjoy, so sold the others and kept it. It does seem that all of them are harder to find in 4 and higher condition, and the image focus issues even plague the higher technical grades. In my collection I went with the 144 and the e121 to represent Ruth; one image pitching for Sox and one batting for Yanks; one black and white, the other color; one later in his career, one earlier. Seemed like a good duo and allows me not to fall down the expensive rabbit hole of any more cards of his LOL.
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There are also Ruth 1933 Goudeys that are likely never to be graded, like this particular iconic two piece batting pose. Brian |
One thing to consider is that when a collector is shopping for a Goudey Ruth, if they have decided to buy a graded copy from say PSA or SGC, they are really only going to look at and consider examples from the slabbed population.
In other words, while there is an awareness of there being raw examples out there "in the wild," I doubt that factors into the mind of someone looking to purchase a graded copy. That buyer isn't saying, "Well, they usually go for 'X,' and this one looks better than average, yet I will only pay less than X because of the raw population out there." If one were to lower their paying price for graded examples because of potential future graded examples out there, the most likely outcome is that buyer fails to meet the market price and thus fails to reel one into his collection. As long as the newly graded copies enter market at a pace that can be consumed by the demand, the number of cards that are going from raw to graded are not likely to affect the price at all. And so that raw pop is rather moot in reality. |
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I wonder how the 1933 WWG Canadian Goudey Ruth batting has compared in price of late with his American cousin.
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Isn’t the WWG a 34 issue? Either way would much rather have the goudey
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Outstanding 4! As plentiful as the goudey Ruth’s are the ones like that in 4+ grades have all but dried up. Collectors realizing the value of these mid grade examples. Wonder if we see them begin to separate more from the lower grades? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Went after the set of them a few years back, think the Red is my favorite but they are all pretty sweet Base Ball Cards.
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Nice set. The red is also my favorite as well. Also last check on the PSA pop report the red is nearly the same as the yellow but probably a bit off due to resubs and crossovers. It just calls out the fact that the yellow isn’t substantially lower than the others or the red. For the longest time collectors assumed the yellow was the rarest one, likely still is but the gap has significantly lowered. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Outstanding quartet !
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I bought mine in 1981 when I was twelve. I saw it at the monthly card show, but I had already spent my money on other good stuff. I knew I wanted this card, and at the next show the dealer still had it, and I went for it. There were no graded cards then, and condition wasn't as important to me back then. Everything was raw. This card saw a lot of back pockets in its day before I got it, but it was the best I could do at twelve years old. Never thought of grading it till now(should I?). Best 50 bucks I ever spent
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Amazing Ruth. Regarding the goudey Ruth to 52T Mantle comparison, I checked pops today on the 149 goudey Ruth vs 52T mantle. The goudey 149 is over 700 lower, which in relation to the mantle it makes the goudey Ruth seem cheap. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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