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Originally Posted by ullmandds
I was a bit surprised how much that tharps Ruth sold for...15K I believe?
I just don't get why just because he is depicted in an old pitching pose over 10 years later this/these type cards have gone so crazy?????
Seems like 2-3 years ago this was a 2K card?
On a positive note I was happy to see the 1921 exhibit sell for 9K.
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I was the underbidder for the Tharp's Ruth card, so I apologize to the winner for running him up. (I did win the Tharp's Gehrig.) Practically, most of Ruth's cards are now multiples of what they sold for even a year ago. Other threads have debated where all of this money is coming from, but it's coming from somewhere. As others have said, the Tharps card is rarer than the Harrington, York, or Yeungling although not as rare as the Sweetman. There are others with the same pose that are even tougher. I have not seen a Tharp for sale at auction for a while. I wanted to try to grab it if I could. One of my bigger regrets was not bidding up a Sweetman Ruth in a Sterling auction around a decade ago. However, in the end, the price became too rich for me. Saying that, I don't think the price is a complete outlier given the current price for Ruth cards, and the scarcity for this one.