Time For A Pre-War ; return to forum focus :
 

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1937-1939 Cincinnati Reds Orcajo Photo Art Dayton Ohio ; some were advertising for a butcher and his side-hustle : Lard. Val Decker Lard was famous .

Currently at $505k + juice. Any guesses on hammer? $1M? $2M? $5M?

Dang I was gonna post pictures of beer cans here this morning
But thread is back on the original topic .
I’m guessing $2.4 million ,

I still don't get why this is considered a "Rookie" when it wasn't widely distributed.

I believe the Morehouse Baking set was issued during the same year utilizing the same images in the more commonly found backs of the M101-4 and M101-5 sets. Assigning rookie card status for prewar cards is still not set in stone, so I personally have no issue with the Morehouse Baking (and the other 15 or so likely regional backs from companies that utilized the same images) card of Ruth being identified as a rookie card.

Some might have a problem with that, but I think that crowd is fairly small.


Brian (the elevated value of cards considered to be 'rookie' is a such a pumped-up phenomena that, especially in the prewar realm, has never made much sense to me. But where there is demand...)

I’m not a huge fan of the Ruth. For one, it’s a black and white card and not a terribly attractive issue. Also it is marked with a stamp. Yeah I guess the usual rules don’t apply and it should not receive a MK but still nonetheless it is marked pretty much any way you slice it. The mark is also ugly aesthetically because it reads “Cancelled” which has negative connotations. Plus if you found a time machine and went back 100 years you could not exchange it for a loaf of bread or whatever the baking company was promoting.

Incredible find yes. Incredible card? Debatable. I’d be more interested in grabbing the Ty Cobb with Ty Cobb back and using the extra cash for other cards.

1914 Cracker Jack, Ray Caldwell
 

This card continues to amaze. I believe a Psa three last sold for $18,000.

Bottom line on this card seems to be it just rarely comes up for sale - and when it does, everybody needs it.

You got an extra one for me? :-)