[oldjudge]

Always great to get the hobby additional publicity, so hats off to Brian for that. However, the Times reporter certainly could have done a better job getting the facts right. Specifically, M101-5s, while initially issued before M101-4s, we also issued concurrently with them. The only ad backs that can absolutely be determined to be M101-5s for Ruth cards are Holmes to Homes, Famous and Barr and Successful Farming (no Ruth known). So, we don’t know if the Morehouse Ruth is an M101-4 or M101-5. Second, Morehouse Baking is far from the scarcest back, although it is less common than average. Third, obviously the Baltimore News Ruth comes in both blue and red. I also found it interesting that it was not mentioned that two Morehouse Ruth’s were found, not just one. It would be wrong for the reader to come away with the impression that this is a unique card.