Baltimore News Ruth in REA

[jsfriedm]

Apparently REA has an SGC 3 Baltimore News Ruth in their upcoming auction. Any predictions for the final price?

[Hankphenom]

10m

[mrreality68]

Just saw it it is a beauty.

Here is a picture from the email.

They claim 1 of 10

I say $15 million

I believe this was Leon card but that is only a unsubstantiated rumor

[Lucas00]

Piggybacking off Jeffrey,
Quality should be a bit better directly from the site here.
By the way, Opening bid is 2.5M.

https://robertedwardauctions.com/baltimore-news-ruth

[wazoo]

At least 7 dollars

[STL1944]

... but how did that pull an SGC 3 grade?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Just saw it it is a beauty.

Here is a picture from the email.

They claim 1 of 10

I say $15 million

I believe this was Leon card but that is only a unsubstantiated rumor

I can confirm it was never mine (maybe in a dream). Great card, sucks not to have the resources to buy it.

I owned a common from the series, at one time. That is about as close as I will ever get.
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[rjackson44]

Originally Posted by stl1944

... But how did that pull an sgc 3 grade?

😳😳😳😳😳

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by STL1944

... but how did that pull an SGC 3 grade?

Reholder or favored submitter.

[ullmandds]

11.7 mill is my guess

[darwinbulldog]

$9.6 million including the buyer's premium

[packs]

My guess: 8.5 before juice

[brunswickreeves]

I guess $14.5MM.

Leon, please start a Net54 Go Fund Me for fractional ownership!

I think this will surpass the $12.6MM 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle SGC 9.5 ‘Finest Example Known’. And in the not far distant future, 1 of the 3 PSA 10 1952 Topps Micks will hit the auction block for $30MM, to then surpass this Ruth Rookie.

[slightlyrounded]

Maybe '3 VG' stands for 3 very good corners?

Looks like this was the Collectable.com card valued at $8.83mm when partially re-purchased by the owner in 2021? Unless I'm missing something.

Dream card. I’ll go with a $4.3mm value, economy and rates being where they are.

https://collectable.com/offerings/ba...sgc-3-buy-out/

[fkm_bky]

That's a 2, or 1.5 all day...but in the end with it being such a rare and amazing card, it's somewhat irrelevant (at least to me).

I'll go $13.7M after the juice is applied.

Bill

[Schlesinj]

I believe this was the card that was fractionalized.

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...shares-market/

[molenick]

Originally Posted by Schlesinj

I believe this was the card that was fractionalized.

Not according to this write-up https://robertedwardauctions.com/baltimore-news-ruth

Edited to add: I take it back...it does look like the same card...sorry!

[Jewish-collector]

This used to be the card that was on display all those years at the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fegso-9pAd4

[BobbyStrawberry]

Incredible card, but yeah, that's laughable that it's graded a 3.

[oldjudge]

I believe that is the Babe Ruth Museum card. I think that one sold for ballpark $5 million so it will be interesting to see how much it has appreciated. Good luck to the seller!

[Republicaninmass]

The top has arrived!

Mark this

[parkplace33]

8-10 million.

[Casey2296]

Great card, excited to see the results. My guess is 15-18 million w/bp.

[jsfriedm]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

The top has arrived!

Mark this

What precisely is the implication of what you said?

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

I guess $14.5MM.

Leon, please start a Net54 Go Fund Me for fractional ownership!

I think this will surpass the $12.6MM 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle SGC 9.5 ‘Finest Example Known’. And in the not far distant future, 1 of the 3 PSA 10 1952 Topps Micks will hit the auction block for $30MM, to then surpass this Ruth Rookie.

I think it has a good chance of passing the 12.6 mark too! It could play out this way. Personally, I’d much rather have this card than all 3 psa10 Mantle copies combined, but I’m in the minority I guess lol. This card is the ultimate grail of grails. Should be interesting and should be good headlines for the hobby! These never come for sale, only 10 known copies!

[oldjudge]

My only question is if someone is willing to pay $10 million now why wouldn’t they have approached the Babe Ruth Museum when the card was available for a lot less. Amongst people in the know I doubt it was a mystery that the card was available.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

My only question is if someone is willing to pay $10 million now why wouldn’t they have approached the Babe Ruth Museum when the card was available for a lot less. Amongst people in the know I doubt it was a mystery that the card was available.

when was it available for less? this card was on loan at the babe ruth museum since the late 90's when I was there.

[Jewish-collector]

Here's more of the story...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...eum-rare-card/

[raulus]

I guess the current owners decided they're ready to cash out now that they expect 8 figures.

In terms of price, how many rich guys are out there and willing to go nuts over this one?

All it takes are 2!

Since we're having fun throwing out wild guesses, I might as well go hog wild and guess that we'll get to $20M on this one, including the juice. There's just enough guys in the cardboard world with 9 figure bank accounts who are willing to part with a slice of their cash to pick this one up for a while.

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

when was it available for less? this card was on loan at the babe ruth museum since the late 90's when I was there.

When the consignor bought it

[Carter08]

Incredible card. If I had the money (in my dreams) would be a tough call between that or a game worn Ruth jersey. Probably similar pricing.

[Jstottlemire1]

Opening bid is 2.5 million. I see 10-12 million range.

[bmattioli]

Originally Posted by raulus

In terms of price, how many rich guys are out there and willing to go nuts over this one?

Many, very many.. If I had that kind of money I would definitely be in the running..

[Natswin2019]

I think this breaks the record but idk how much. Id guess between 12-15 mil probably

[familytoad]

I think it will go for 15M before BP.
It’s about the best combo of player/ rare card out there

[Gary Dunaier]

I'll buy it!

I can pay cash...

[Ben Yourg]

I hope it sells for more than that "Trout" Rookie?

[Peter_Spaeth]

The Ruth is nothing.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/style...cli/index.html

[TUM301]

Monet really pumps my knads !

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The Ruth is nothing.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/style...cli/index.html

Chump change!

https://www.christies.com/en/stories...6c94e4358c760d

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by bobbystrawberry

chump change!

https://www.christies.com/en/stories...6c94e4358c760d

jesus christ!!!!!!!

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by STL1944

... but how did that pull an SGC 3 grade?

I am in the minority, but I think it is accurately graded.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

I am in the minority, but I think it is accurately graded.

Not when they are giving NM/MT cards 4s.

[MVSNYC]

Originally Posted by TUM301

Monet really pumps my knads !

'Molay'

Great movie.


(Insanely awesome Ruth. Congrats to Brian, Joe and team for landing it).

[bleeckerstreetcards]

i think bidders will partner up and hold it back from breaking mantle record. guess is $10.2mm

[bcbgcbrcb]

I tried to buy the card from the museum a number of years ago. Obviously, they turned me down. 😢

[LincolnVT]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

My only question is if someone is willing to pay $10 million now why wouldn’t they have approached the Babe Ruth Museum when the card was available for a lot less. Amongst people in the know I doubt it was a mystery that the card was available.

Because they already have one…or two?

[HercDriver]

I'd hate to be a schedule collector, and need this one for my list...

[LincolnVT]

Becomes the largest sale for a baseball card ever…someone adds it to their already superior collection…maybe sells it privately in a year or five for other real property and the rest of us keep doing what we do. 😊

[CW]

Every example I have seen from this "set" has had slightly rounded corners, but they've also shown other signs of wear, so it's hard to tell how the corners started out in 1914.

Does anyone know if these cards were issued with the corners already rounded, or were they perfectly square when new?

If they started out already a bit rounded, then the SGC grade is not too crazy, since the central image is pretty clean and crease free, despite the chipping and creasing in the edge areas.