Babe Ruth Koester’s Bread Heritage Auction

[quitcrab]

Can someone please find out what the card went for last night in the Heritage auction. It was graded a SGC 6. Thanks

[Casey2296]

$45,600

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

Can someone please find out what the card went for last night in the Heritage auction. It was graded a SGC 6. Thanks

Last night's SGC 6 in Heritage sold for $45,600. Ironically an SGC 7.5 sold 10 days ago in Heritage for $30,000.

[OldOriole]

I've been waiting for a Koester's Ruth to go on the market for quite a while now. Kind of wild that two of the nicest ones known sold within a month of each other. I've got a stack of 15 Koester's including a Ruth from my one and only find of vintage cards and based on those prices I may have to part with mine as well. Healthy market.

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[pokerplyr80]

I was thinking it would stay closer to 20k after the 7.5 went for 30k and put in an early bid with a plan to go for it last night. Obviously I underestimated the change in the market over the last couple of weeks. Maybe the centering had something to do with it.

[griffon512]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I was thinking it would stay closer to 20k after the 7.5 went for 30k and put in an early bid with a plan to go for it last night. Obviously I underestimated the change in the market over the last couple of weeks. Maybe the centering had something to do with it.

I don't know that there's been any change in the market in the last two weeks. The 6 has much better eye appeal than the 7.5. My takeaway from this and other cards in that auction was that the premium paid for eye appeal keeps on increasing.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by griffon512

I don't know that there's been any change in the market in the last two weeks. The 6 has much better eye appeal than the 7.5. My takeaway from this and other cards in that auction was that the premium paid for eye appeal keeps on increasing.

The 7.5 has a slight diamond cut, the picture is crooked, and everyone knew the 6 was coming up on its heels (since heritage posts previews well in advance). This last fact is impactful in that people are less likely to max bid on a rare card when they know they have a second bite at (a nicer) apple in a few weeks.

Still have that Ruth? If so, what are you looking to get out of it?

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Ilovevintagebaseball

Still have that Ruth? If so, what are you looking to get out of it?

Hello, you can send a private message to a board member instead of posting this in the thread. Or create a "Looking For/Want to Buy" thread in the correct B/S/T board.

Originally Posted by OldOriole

I've been waiting for a Koester's Ruth to go on the market for quite a while now. Kind of wild that two of the nicest ones known sold within a month of each other. I've got a stack of 15 Koester's including a Ruth from my one and only find of vintage cards and based on those prices I may have to part with mine as well. Healthy market.

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Still have that Ruth? If so, what are you looking to get out of it?

[oldjudge]

Not the only nice ones: