Poll: Final Hammer Price - 1914 BN Babe Ruth vs the 1952 Rosen Topps Mantle

[parkplace33]

REA will be auctioning a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth in their upcoming auction: https://robertedwardauctions.com/baltimore-news-ruth

What do you think the final hammer price will be compared to the 1952 Rosen Topps Mantle, which sold for $12.6 million in Heritage in August 2022: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ttering-record

Babe sells for more, less, or roughly the same?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

REA will be auctioning a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth in their upcoming auction: https://robertedwardauctions.com/baltimore-news-ruth

What do you think the final hammer price will be compared to the 1952 Rosen Topps Mantle, which sold for $12.6 in Hertiage in August 2022: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ttering-record

Babe sells for more, less, or roughly the same?

That's quite a range in one post. $12.60 to $126,000,000.00
I guess decimal points are important.

[BobbyStrawberry]

I think it sells for more. The inflated grade from SGC will help.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I think it sells for more. The inflated grade from SGC will help.

I am in the camp of it will sells for less (my guess is closer to 10 million). Great card, but I think interest is down from the peak.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

I am in the camp of it will sells for less (my guess is closer to 10 million). Great card, but I think interest is down from the peak.

Do you think all the publicity will help?

I think the rarity of the card, especially compared to 52T Mantle, should contribute to a higher price.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Do you think all the publicity will help?

I think the rarity of the card, especially compared to 52T Mantle, should contribute to a higher price.

Publicity can never hurt

It will be interesting for sure.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

That's quite a range in one post. $12.60 to $126,000,000.00
I guess decimal points are important.

Post updated.

[theshowandme]

Curious to when the next one will be offered for sale

I cannot find the pictures, but there was a nice blue example photographed next to this red SGC 3 example at the Babe Ruth museum. That one was a lower grade but looked quite nice.

[theshowandme]

I wish my retirement accounts jumped 44% in two years!

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

I wish my retirement accounts jumped 44% in two years!

Cash them all out and 🔥INVE$T!!!🔥

[Republicaninmass]

...and the onslaught of reasons why it didn't sell for as much...at the top of the toppiest market in history.

I don't usually look for investment ideas around cardboard..but when I do, I use the collective brains of net54!

A private sale 2 years ago does not a market make.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

A private sale 2 years ago does not a market make.

An SGC 3 sold in REA in May of 2008 for $517k. Last night, in another public auction, an SGC 3 sold $7.2mm. That is a 13x multiple in 15 years. No justifications needed, only facts. 44% over 2 years in a private sale or 13x over 15 years in a public sale is a great result.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I promise you, and you can take this to the bank, those serious vintage sports card collectors that can afford one of these will rue the day that they did not bid at least one increment higher in last night’s REA auction. Maybe the winner was going to be willing to spend whatever it would take to get that card but we’ll never know as they ended up getting it at a huge bargain price.

If I am wrong here, I really feel sorry for the owners of T206 Wagners and ultra high grade 52T Mantles as they will surely be in for drops in value along the lines of PSA 10 Jordans.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

I promise you, and you can take this to the bank, those serious vintage sports card collectors that can afford one of these will rue the day that they did not bid at least one increment higher in last night’s REA auction. Maybe the winner was going to be willing to spend whatever it would take to get that card but we’ll never know as they ended up getting it at a huge bargain price.

If I am wrong here, I really feel sorry for the owners of T206 Wagners and ultra high grade 52T Mantles as they will surely be in for drops in value along the lines of PSA 10 Jordans.

Yes, my heart also aches for those with $7-10 million to spend on a piece of cardboard. Perhaps if we all pray for them they'll make it through OK.