1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth Card
 

A 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth Rookie Card will be coming to Robert Edward's Spring 2013 Auction.

To see the card and additional information, please see this story. http://www.sportscollectingnews.com/excl18.htm

And, please do check out my sports collecting news site, updated just about 7 days a week. www.sportscollectingnews.com

thanks

wow thanks for the link !!!

I better start saving my pennies!

Thanks for the info.

That's a disgusting card :D

If only I could turn my pennies into Benjamins... I might have a chance at it.

i would have to sell my house!

Fantastic, thanks for that link!!!!! What a card that would be to have!!!

Now what bank can i knock over to get the money........

BN Ruth
 

Awesome card, but I hate that PSA holder. Would be nice to see it in a SGC slab.

The ending price should also be interesting to see.

Tony

Anybody want to go partners on this one?

I would, but I think we'll need about 100 partners.

I'll take 4 square millimeters!

Hopefully Topps will win this one and insert pieces of it into packs.


(Sorry bad joke)

That would be good news for the partnership then, Matt. Saves us the trouble of cutting up the card into equal shares.

I read in the article that there is a back variation for this card. Does anyone know the difference between the variation and the standard card?

Here are the two different backs. I do not think that there is a premium on one or the other, but the back that says "Read The Balitimore News" seem to be less plentiful.

Thanks, Kevin!

Actually, this was first reported a couple of weeks ago and the reason is explained here. Unfortunate situation.

Wow The guy paid 325K for that card.

$325K for a "1" - the BN Ruth is basically the same price to the T206 Wagner in a similar grade.

Also, Rob Lifson said it best - once this card sells, it will probably be a very long time before another example is offered for sale. All other examples are buried in advanced collections.

Tony

Yep wagner and BN ruth look like to have same value in same grade !

So with two back variations and two color variations, I guess a Ruth collector would need four of these cards.

Best I could do would be a time share on 1. :)

Four of the known examples are owned by two collectors, who each have a blue and a red. So that means only six other collectors own one.

Anyone know the blue versus red front breakdown?

A beautiful card. I need to concentrate harder on my lottery numbers.

I wonder how many bidders there will be for this card. I was going to say 'serious' bidders, but at an opening bid of $ 100,000, I'm going to assume all bidders will be serious. I sure would be.

Still Kicking Myself
 

Barry, I'm still kicking myself for not buying the one that you were offering years ago for $19,500. Just couldn't pull the trigger at that price. What a huge mistake. Do you know where that card is now?

Six blue, four red.

Thanks, Kevin.

I am in for $1,000 lol. A time share baseball card lol

That's already been tried with less than stellar returns.

I've thought alot about that card too Andy. Do you know that it never sold off my price list and I had to return it to my consignor? Some time later he sold it to a collector who was one of my best customers, who for whatever reason didn't buy it off the list. It was in Poor condition, but it was the real thing. Who knew?

I am not shocked by this lol

Do you remember when you had it in consign at this price? Wich year?

Nelson- I don't remember exactly when, but probably around 1995-97. That's my best guess.

Ok thx for the info...it is verry cool

Timing
 

I'm sure that it was either 2000 or 2001. I was living in CT at the time I received the sales list, and those were the only years that I lived there. I may still have it somewhere.

I couldn't find it either. That surprises me, because 2000 was a time I was doing auctions and it could have made a great auction lot. Maybe I discussed it with the consignor and he chose to go the direct sale route. Wish I could remember.

Come to think of it I wasn't doing any auctions that year, not until late 2001. That would explain it.