Early Ruth Cards

[MattyC]

Speaking of early Ruths: I am waiting patiently for a certain board member to sell me a certain early Ruth.

You know who you are, buddy! One day I'm gonna get the call it's for sale

[LincolnVT]

I'd love to see some early Ruth cards that folks have. Seems like many are becoming "untouchable" for even the advanced collector.

Ethan

[wolfdogg]

My only Ruth.....had many but all sold when I got this one

[Leon]

Not really an early Ruth but one I have wanted to replace since I bought one from a Gar Miller mimeograph sheet. It came in with an unexpected wrinkle through his face and I eventually sold it.....These have also gone up quite a bit....

[MattyC]

Wolf that is pretty amazing centering for that card. Must feel great. Enjoy!

[wolfdogg]

Originally Posted by Leon

Not really an early Ruth but one I have wanted to replace since I bought one from a Gar Miller mimeograph sheet. It came in with an unexpected wrinkle through his face and I eventually sold it.....These have also gone up quite a bit....

Leon,
Was this Ruth a crossover from SGC? I had a SGC50 at one time and this one looks like it.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by wolfdogg

Leon,
Was this Ruth a crossover from SGC? I had a SGC50 at one time and this one looks like it.

I won it last night in the Mile High auction. I don't know anything about it except the centering for this card reminds me of '52 Mantles. Try to find one, in any grade, centered nicely. I personally like this pose the best of the 4 in the set.

[bcbgcbrcb]

It appears that REA was not convinced of the exact year that the Ruth RPPC's were produced:

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/.../2011/472.html

Harringtons

[ls7plus]

Nobody else here has a '23 Lections Ruth (a card which also symbolizes the year the House that Ruth built came into being, and the Yankees very first World Championship), or '31-32 Exhibit Babe (described as the rarest Exhibit Ruth in the Standard Catalog) from the movie stars set??? I can see I'm going to have to get a good scanner--will do so as soon as possible!

Thanks for sharing some wonderful cards, guys--IMHO, look for the Babe to keep going up in $$$. They're going into private collections for the most part, not to speculators or dealers, and many will disappear for years or even decades, which vastly and consistently reduces the available supply. It is the available supply at any given moment, rather than the total in existence, which looms largest among scarce to rare cards in the demand over supply equation, insofar as value is concerned.

May your collecting shine brightly in your lives,

Larry

[JK]

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[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by Leon

Not really an early Ruth but one I have wanted to replace since I bought one from a Gar Miller mimeograph sheet. It came in with an unexpected wrinkle through his face and I eventually sold it.....These have also gone up quite a bit....

Nice card Leon! All Ruth card are on fire. The Goudey's have had quite a run up in price. The #144 Ruth is my favorite of the four poses. The art deco feel is tremendous. Although it's a double print, it's a tough card to find with nice eye appeal. Well done.

My one and only Ruth.




I would love to add an early Ruth to the collection at some point.

[MattyC]

Leon,

I was thinking the same thing; your new addition has very rare centering and robust borders to boot.

And Dean's is also a special copy for the rare centering. The only thing perhaps rarer is seeing both top notch specimens in the same thread back to back like that!

I will take those two cards over an OC 8 all day every day.

[vintagecpa]

Centering is the least of my problems with my early Ruth. I felt pretty fortunate to pick my Red Sox Ruth up when I did. I sure wish I would have picked up a M104/5 when I probably could have made it happen.

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Speaking of early Ruths: I am waiting patiently for a certain board member to sell me a certain early Ruth.

You know who you are, buddy! One day I'm gonna get the call it's for sale

Now that wouldn't be ME Matt and the card wouldn't be a PCL Ruth...would it??? LOL....patience is a virtue!

JoeT