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Old 07-19-2007, 07:43 AM
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Posted By: Jeff D.

"Apparently there are only 9 known to exist. I found this auction for a PSA 1 from 2006

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/site/bidplace.aspx?itemid=3582>"



REA also sold a blue version of this card in a PSA 2 this year. It represents the 10th claimed to exist:

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/site/bidplace.aspx?itemid=8168>



Added, from the description:

"In 2004 Robert Edward Auctions offered the first-ever PSA-graded example of the 1914 Baltimore News Ruth with a minimum bid of $10,000. That card sold for $243,000 in Vg-Ex condition...

The first 1914 Baltimore Ruth to ever appear at auction (the card was previously unknown) sold in the late 1980s for $6,600 to legendary collector Jim Copeland. That card was sold with the rest of his collection at the famous Copeland auction in 1991, where it realized $18,700. Barry Halper's example sold at the famous Barry Halper auction in 1999 for $79,500. The Robert Edward Auctions' sale at $243,000 in 2005 more than tripled that record. The sale of a PSA 1 example of the red-and-white variety at $150,800 in 2006 was all the more noteworthy..."