Question: what Babe Ruth's are "affordable"?

[Brian Van Horn]

1931 Ray-O-Print. Now the autheniticity, like the Fro Joy has to be investigated on a card by card basis.

[GregMitch34]

Love the Shonen's, especially if you like Japanese art. Could, maybe even should, be framed for wall.

[h2oya311]

The 1921 Schapira Ruth portrait can also be found for around 200 and is not too shabby. It is a strip card, however, and it sounds like you want a photo card of the babe.

It's kinda ridiculous, but I have a vintage Ruth that I got for under $15, which came from a damaged Goudey flip book. Obviously, this is a filler until I win the lottery to buy a 1914 Baltimore news.

[rainier2004]

1929 Kashin - oversized but its a card

[poorlydrawncat]

Not sure why no one has mentioned the 1948 Leaf. Ruth's last card before he died and definitely his most haunting portrait IMO. Relatively affordable in lesser condition too...

[sandmountainslim]

I have been curious as to why the 1949 Leaf and 1961 Fleer Ruth cards always seem to sell for more money than other Babe issues that came after his death. The 1961 Fleer always seems to sell for a ton more than the 1962 Topps Babe Ruth cards and the 1949 card generally sells for prices more equivalent to the cards issued during his playing days even though it was issued some months after his passing. Anyone have any theories on this?

[ullmandds]

boy has this question changed/evolved since this thread was started!!!!!

The only playing day ruth's that can be had these days for less than 1K are:

fro joys
some poor condition strips
some foreign like shonen, german issues
quaker premiums if you can find one
35 goudeys

maybe some really beat to piss others.

I think the leaf ruth is popular is because it's in a popular set. the 61' fleer...who knows!!!

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by sandmountainslim

I have been curious as to why the 1949 Leaf and 1961 Fleer Ruth cards always seem to sell for more money than other Babe issues that came after his death. The 1961 Fleer always seems to sell for a ton more than the 1962 Topps Babe Ruth cards and the 1949 card generally sells for prices more equivalent to the cards issued during his playing days even though it was issued some months after his passing. Anyone have any theories on this?

I think the '49 Leaf card demands a steep premium because it is such a damm beautiful card.