Nearly 2 million 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth cards?

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Originally Posted by jason.1969

https://jasoncards.wordpress.com/201...-make-in-1933/

Interesting read. Thank you.

From the article you said...

the ratio of 1990 Upper Deck Sammy Sosa rookie cards to 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth cards was only about 2:1, and this leads us to a single, inescapable conclusion…1933 Goudey wasn’t just the first major release of gum cards. It was also the very first Junk Wax! Just not anymore.

The only thing is while we know people collected in the 30's. But were they concerned about condition like now or hanging on to the cards or thinking they had a real monetary value to them? Anecdotal, but even in the late 70's, my circle of friends never thought about money value of cards, only it took so many commons to trade for a star. And how many were thrown out in 1933 vs. 1990?

Again, nice read.