1936 Detroit Times Sport Stamp

[jwilly]

I happened to find these in an old scrapbook that was handed down to me by my father. Not a lot of info on these out there. Very few sales, very few graded cards. And all the examples are of singles, not the paired examples I have. Does anyone have any info on these, maybe a checklist? Is there any collector interest ?

[glchen]

I believe the set is catalogued in the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards. The Ruth is worth several hundred dollars at least and I believe all the major graders holder these.

[Snapolit1]

They are pretty cool. Had SGC holder a Gehrig for me. Here's a short piece with a little info.

https://prewarcards.com/2016/09/09/1...and-checklist/

[jwilly]

Would you folks say it's better to keep as a panel if I want to get this graded?

[swarmee]

PSA has a few graded panels in their registry from this set.

1) Would your Ruth get a number grade by itself? Does it have full borders on the right and bottom? The top and left side could be cut to the right dimensions.
2) If you got it graded as a panel, it could then also be added to the Babe Ruth Master Set registry. However, it doesn't look like there are a lot of players trying to actually complete the set.

[insidethewrapper]

I researched this set years ago. I will be able to provide a checklist later of what I know exists. It may not be complete since I'm missing a few newspapers from 1936. At this time I can confirm 44 different baseball subjects + 6 variations for a total of 50. They came in doubles, but it appears at times ( AT LEAST ONCE) they were issued in a group of 12 ( thus creating the 12 variations I know of). The total number of all possible stamps including variations at this time is 104. I'm sure their may be a few more. I've seen some others but can't confirm they were issued in 1936. (See attachments)