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09-08-2024, 03:13 PM
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If you had exactly $117,603.60 to spend on a Prewar Ruth/Gehrig item, which one?
The recently closed Memory Lane auction had two items that closed at exactly $117,603.60. A late 1920's game used Babe Ruth bat, and a 1925 Lou Gehrig Exhibit rookie card. If you had to choose between the two, which one would you choose?
Ruth bat: https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...e?itemid=83651 Gehrig Exhibit rookie card: https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...e?itemid=83652 Being almost exclusively a card collector, I would chose the Gehrig. The Ruth bat would be interesting, but I am pretty sure they don't have a Card Saver sleeve large enough to fit it. Let us know what your choice would be, and why? Brian 
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09-08-2024, 03:30 PM
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I would also choose the card, because I'm not a bat collector.
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09-08-2024, 03:35 PM
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The bat, simply for the history and the fact a GU Babe Ruth bat is probably 100x rarer than a Gehrig exhibit. I would not be surprised if somebody found a stack of Gehrig Exhibit rookies in a box tomorrow.
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09-08-2024, 03:59 PM
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There are really only five non-SD Padres who I want a game-used bat from:
Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth; so..... I would take the bat! Steve
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09-09-2024, 05:41 AM
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What’s mind boggling is that the final prices of the Ruth bat and Gehrig rookie were only tied for second place. A basketball card from 1980 came in first at $173,389.20.
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09-09-2024, 06:13 AM
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For me, my greatest pleasure from my collection is showing off my stuff to family or friends who visit the “museum”…and maybe teaching a novice something about baseball or the hobby. If I show them a black and white Lou Gehrig exhibit, the reaction would be “that’s cool”. If I showed them a bat, put it in their hands, and said “THAT is a game-used bat from Babe Ruth almost 100 years ago”, I think their jaw would fall to the floor. That’s priceless!
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09-09-2024, 06:47 AM
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^agree
I choose the bat as well But I would entomb for display not wanting people touching it or fooling around with it -just my preference
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