[jingram058]

I paid $500 for 1933 Goudey Ruth and Gehrig in 1988. Paid another $500 for 1934-39 Harridge OAL Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb signed ball. This was at Chanute Air Force Base. Used $1000 of reenlistment bonus cash (well, a check I cashed) to buy the baseball stuff. The remaining $13,500 (yes, the government took out tax) bought a new 1988 Ford Mustang LX hatchback with 302 V8 and 5 speed manual. Put 326,000 miles on the Mustang. Still have the cards and the ball. So yes, as I said earlier on in this old thread and was typically ignored, I would and did buy a raw Ruth. Even though I have made bad decisions in life, like selling valuable cards for a fraction of their worth because I was desperate, I didn't sell these. And I won't ever sell them.