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Originally Posted by e107collector
I remember reading this story in a recent auction catalog description. I could be wrong, but I beleive it was lost in a flood.
Tony
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Tony - good call. I found the story. Again, from Rob Lifson:
"in communicating with collectors over the past several years about the exact number of cards known, we have found that one card which at one time existed apparently no longer exists. The owner, a collector with whom we had lost touch with when he moved years ago, finally called us out of the blue. When we asked him if he still had his 1914 Baltimore News Ruth rookie, we got a much unexpected response: no, because he lost it. He had kept it in his office at work, and to this day he does not know if it was stolen or thrown out. It has been missing for many years, and every once in a while to this day he still finds himself looking for it. He even asked us to keep an eye out for it if we should happen to see it."
So, looks like it might have been thrown out (unless stolen). Wow, seems to be a curse with RARE Ruths!