NY Times/Athletic Story - newly discovered 1916 Ruth Morehouse RC

[Belfast1933]

Wow, really cool national coverage of the recently discovered 1916 Morehouse Babe Ruth RC with the Red Sox (1916) to be available in REA’s auction later this month

Jeff

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/591...-card-red-sox/

[Lucas00]

Paywalled

[John1941]

Here's a version without the paywall:

https://archive.is/zOgd4

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by John1941

Here's a version without the paywall:

https://archive.is/zOgd4

Thx John - the story was also picked up in Bleacher Report this morning

https://syndication.bleacherreport.c...ction.amp.html

[steve B]

Just for kicks, the former Morehouse Baking. Now an event space.

[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.