vintage Babe Ruth misprint/error card... junk?

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Posted By: Paul

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and just by reading some posts I see that there are some very knowledgable vintage card collectors in here. About a month ago, I was given a box of old baseball cards, and in it was a vintage prw-ww2 babe ruth card. it appears that the printing press screwed misprinted a layer of color on the card, its hard to describe so here is a scan I made of the card. My question is, does the card hold equal value as the same card without the misprint? Does this make it rare? I'm not too sure what I have got here and I am wondering if its worth holding on to or not. Also, does anyone know what set this card is from? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone for reading this.

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Posted By: dennis

it's a w516-1 strip card,some people do collect error cards and it's ruth,but i don't have a guess as to this cards worth. a normal 516 ruth in that shape would sell for between $100-$175.imo

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Posted By: Robert {Bigb13}

Do you want to sell it? Put it up on ebay and see how it goes. I will bid on it for sure. Rob

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Posted By: identify7

What else you got in that box?

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Posted By: jay behrens

a fox, some lox, or what Ted really wants to know, some Black Sox?

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: Anson

Would you buy if it were red; would you buy it if your name were Ted?

Interesting error, nonetheless. Yeah, what else is in the box?

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Posted By: identify7

I would buy it if it was red, I wouldn't if it were blue,
Id especially want it if it was w516-2
For the Babe knock kneed, pigeon toed and throwing righty too
With the offset print, for my collection it is far overdue.

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Posted By: Wesley Liu

It is an interesting piece because there is an image of Babe Ruth pitching, but I think it would sell for less that a regular strip card. There does not appear to be a following for printer scraps, misprints and errrors outside of T206.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

they are fun and sell.

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I have baseball and boxing errors of this type. I respectfully disagree with my colleagues who don't think this one would bring a good price. I'd not be surprised for specialty collectors to bid it into three figures on ebay.

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Posted By: BlackSoxFan

Jay -
Very good...i think i will formally name you director of new acquisitions for blacksoxfan.com




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Posted By: Paul

I listed the babe ruth card on ebay...

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Also, I will go through my box later and scan a few random ones.. I must have atleast 200 similar cards in here.

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