Are you collecting the set graded or ungraded ? I need the Siebold... but here's an explanation.......
The reason is that when the R316 set was issued, they were sold in four series (25 cards per box, each box representing one of four series, for a total of 100 cards). In an effort to boost sales, the company issuing the set (Kashen Publications) decided that they could get kids more excited by including a Babe Ruth card with each boxed series. To do this, instead of just adding an extra card, they replaced one card in each series with Ruth. Thus, while Ruth is the key card to the set, like card #144 Ruth in 1933 Goudey, it was actually printed in larger numbers than other cards in the set. Haines was one of the cards removed from distribution to accommodate "the Ruth sales strategy," making this card one of the scarcer ones.
Somebody just snagged an ungraded Haines in GREAT shape within moments of it being listed week or so ago... how they located it so quick, buy it now, I have NO IDEA... some people obsessivley troll EBAY, apparently... or dang lucky
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08-04-2011, 04:40 PM
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