Babe Ruth $$$

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

PSA does not slab Fro Joy. I am not sure who does now. Mine are in Beckett holders that are thick enough to withstand Superman's heat vision.

Is this a somewhat recent change, or are the ones on eBay fakes perhaps? There are quite a few that I've seen in PSA slabs. Maybe those are all old?

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Snowman

Is this a somewhat recent change, or are the ones on eBay fakes perhaps? There are quite a few that I've seen in PSA slabs. Maybe those are all old?

Psa used to grade them…they look real.

[GasHouseGang]

If you want to read more about the Ruth Fro Joy cards here's a link to an earlier discussion about them:
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=131343

And here are a few Ruth cards to keep the thread moving.

[Exhibitman]

Speaking of cut cards, someone was selling pieces of the Universal Toy & Novelty cards some time ago (pre-boom) on eBay and I thought "who'd pay for that?" Wish I had.



I am not sure whether these cards were meant to be cut up. Guess we will never know.

[SteveS]

With regard to the Fro Joy (at least the #1 card), one thing I've noticed that I don't know has ever been pointed out is that in the authentic ones, if you look very closely, there are a bunch of tiny crosses below Babe's chin and on his jersey. I have not seen that on any of the fakes or reprints. The top set of pictures below are of mine and one that Leon posted in a previous thread. The bottom two are being marketed as reprints. You can see the crosses on the top ones that are lacking on the bottom. I hope that helps anyone looking for a Fro Joy to add a Ruth to their collection.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by SteveS

With regard to the Fro Joy (at least the #1 card), one thing I've noticed that I don't know has ever been pointed out is that in the authentic ones, if you look very closely, there are a bunch of tiny crosses below Babe's chin and on his jersey. I have not seen that on any of the fakes or reprints. The top set of pictures below are of mine and one that Leon posted in a previous thread. The bottom two are being marketed as reprints. You can see the crosses on the top ones that are lacking on the bottom. I hope that helps anyone looking for a Fro Joy to add a Ruth to their collection.

damn! Never heard of this/noticed this? Still not sure if I can see it????

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

damn! Never heard of this/noticed this? Still not sure if I can see it????

Looks like "noise" or pixels that actually look like tiny crosses or x's, is that right?

[SteveS]

Pete and James, here's a comparison of the same area of the jersey. If you blow it up you can see the tiny crosses on the left picture that aren't on the right. I've never seen those crosses on the fakes, and always figured that they were part of the printing process and difficult to replicate.