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Originally Posted by BigfootIsReal
I still don't get why this is considered a "Rookie" when it wasn't widely distributed.
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I believe the Morehouse Baking set was issued during the same year utilizing the same images in the more commonly found backs of the M101-4 and M101-5 sets. Assigning rookie card status for prewar cards is still not set in stone, so I personally have no issue with the Morehouse Baking (and the other 15 or so likely regional backs from companies that utilized the same images) card of Ruth being identified as a rookie card.
Some might have a problem with that, but I think that crowd is fairly small.
Brian (the elevated value of cards considered to be 'rookie' is a such a pumped-up phenomena that, especially in the prewar realm, has never made much sense to me. But where there is demand...)