Baltimore News Ruth in REA
 

Apparently REA has an SGC 3 Baltimore News Ruth in their upcoming auction. Any predictions for the final price?

10m

Just saw it it is a beauty.

Here is a picture from the email.

They claim 1 of 10

I say $15 million

I believe this was Leon card but that is only a unsubstantiated rumor

Piggybacking off Jeffrey,
Quality should be a bit better directly from the site here.
By the way, Opening bid is 2.5M.

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At least 7 dollars :)

No offense...
 

... but how did that pull an SGC 3 grade?

I can confirm it was never mine (maybe in a dream). Great card, sucks not to have the resources to buy it. :)

I owned a common from the series, at one time. That is about as close as I will ever get.
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Reholder or favored submitter.

11.7 mill is my guess

$9.6 million including the buyer's premium

My guess: 8.5 before juice

I guess $14.5MM.

Leon, please start a Net54 Go Fund Me for fractional ownership! :)

I think this will surpass the $12.6MM 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle SGC 9.5 ‘Finest Example Known’. And in the not far distant future, 1 of the 3 PSA 10 1952 Topps Micks will hit the auction block for $30MM, to then surpass this Ruth Rookie.

Maybe '3 VG' stands for 3 very good corners?

Looks like this was the Collectable.com card valued at $8.83mm when partially re-purchased by the owner in 2021? Unless I'm missing something.

Dream card. I’ll go with a $4.3mm value, economy and rates being where they are.

https://collectable.com/offerings/ba...sgc-3-buy-out/

That's a 2, or 1.5 all day...but in the end with it being such a rare and amazing card, it's somewhat irrelevant (at least to me).

I'll go $13.7M after the juice is applied.

Bill

I believe this was the card that was fractionalized.

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...shares-market/

Not according to this write-up https://robertedwardauctions.com/baltimore-news-ruth

Edited to add: I take it back...it does look like the same card...sorry!

This used to be the card that was on display all those years at the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fegso-9pAd4

Incredible card, but yeah, that's laughable that it's graded a 3.

I believe that is the Babe Ruth Museum card. I think that one sold for ballpark $5 million so it will be interesting to see how much it has appreciated. Good luck to the seller!

The top has arrived!

Mark this

8-10 million.

Great card, excited to see the results. My guess is 15-18 million w/bp.

What precisely is the implication of what you said?

I think it has a good chance of passing the 12.6 mark too! It could play out this way. Personally, I’d much rather have this card than all 3 psa10 Mantle copies combined, but I’m in the minority I guess lol. This card is the ultimate grail of grails. Should be interesting and should be good headlines for the hobby! These never come for sale, only 10 known copies!

My only question is if someone is willing to pay $10 million now why wouldn’t they have approached the Babe Ruth Museum when the card was available for a lot less. Amongst people in the know I doubt it was a mystery that the card was available.

when was it available for less? this card was on loan at the babe ruth museum since the late 90's when I was there.

Here's more of the story...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...eum-rare-card/

I guess the current owners decided they're ready to cash out now that they expect 8 figures.

In terms of price, how many rich guys are out there and willing to go nuts over this one?

All it takes are 2!

Since we're having fun throwing out wild guesses, I might as well go hog wild and guess that we'll get to $20M on this one, including the juice. There's just enough guys in the cardboard world with 9 figure bank accounts who are willing to part with a slice of their cash to pick this one up for a while.

When the consignor bought it

Incredible card. If I had the money (in my dreams) would be a tough call between that or a game worn Ruth jersey. Probably similar pricing.

Opening bid is 2.5 million. I see 10-12 million range.

Many, very many.. If I had that kind of money I would definitely be in the running..

I think this breaks the record but idk how much. Id guess between 12-15 mil probably

15 large
 

I think it will go for 15M before BP.
It’s about the best combo of player/ rare card out there

I'll buy it! :eek:

I can pay cash... :D

https://live.staticflickr.com/593/22...aaed07c4_z.jpg

I hope it sells for more than that "Trout" Rookie?

The Ruth is nothing.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/style...cli/index.html

Monet really pumps my knads !

Chump change!

https://www.christies.com/en/stories...6c94e4358c760d

jesus christ!!!!!!!

I am in the minority, but I think it is accurately graded.

Not when they are giving NM/MT cards 4s.

'Molay'

Great movie. ;)


(Insanely awesome Ruth. Congrats to Brian, Joe and team for landing it).

i think bidders will partner up and hold it back from breaking mantle record. guess is $10.2mm

I tried to buy the card from the museum a number of years ago. Obviously, they turned me down. 😢

Because they already have one…or two?

Skeds
 

I'd hate to be a schedule collector, and need this one for my list...

Ruth
 

Becomes the largest sale for a baseball card ever…someone adds it to their already superior collection…maybe sells it privately in a year or five for other real property and the rest of us keep doing what we do. 😊

Every example I have seen from this "set" has had slightly rounded corners, but they've also shown other signs of wear, so it's hard to tell how the corners started out in 1914.

Does anyone know if these cards were issued with the corners already rounded, or were they perfectly square when new?

If they started out already a bit rounded, then the SGC grade is not too crazy, since the central image is pretty clean and crease free, despite the chipping and creasing in the edge areas.

They came with square corners.

Ah, OK, thanks, Kevin and Peter. I also just found this older article and now see the Ruth does have a fairly heavy crease in the corner that does hit the central image. I'll admit now the grade is a bit generous. Hope it still breaks records.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...eum-rare-card/

Who makes up the pool of bidders for a card like this? Is there a cast of usual suspects for these big-time cards?

Zuck, Musk, Buff(et), and the Sultan of Brunei

Funny that the Monet is described as "unseen".

Leon - it seems to me like you need to start another "guess the hammer price" contest for the Ruth!

I agree.

Nope
 

I don't agree, just based on my "days of yore" grading. In the way back when days, a card with multiple creases that broke the paper, would be a GD card. TPGs have made it even harsher than that, so I don't see how this could have ever received a 3 grade. As a raw kind of guy, it would be a raw 2 in my book. And I would expect at least one number less from a TPG.

I see this card as a 1.5, at best, by today's standards.

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Me too. Have more at SGC including another very scarce full name variation

What damage do those have the SGC graded them so low?

Almost all of them have scrap/glue on the back

The Felix Potin albums were massive with over 500 cards per release across 3 releases

learning alot on this thread from
1. then vs now grading
2. Art World and Their auctions
3. Square vs Round Corners
4. High Estimators vs low estimators

Love it all keep it coming

Since we love to diversify our threads always wondered who would have won in a real world fight Sponge Bob or Pappa Smurf?:D:D:D

Just like cards, art can be heavily restored and it is generally accepted. The Salvator Mundi documentary is a must watch for anyone that’s a fan of Leonardo. It has some controversy behind it though!

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