Top 3 cards of Ruth, Cobb, and Shoeless Joe

[Leon]

Originally Posted by packs

I'm going with the budget versions of the cards because I think most chase these cards knowing others are way too expensive:

Ruth:
Kashin

Cobb:
E121

Jax:
W514 strip

You could probably get a WG card of Jax that might look a little better than the W514 for a bit less money.

[packs]

That's true. I don't collect the game cards so I was thinking more along the lines of sets, but the game is a set too.

[Yoda]

Joe Jackson: Texas Tommy
Babe Ruth: E121 Throwing
Ty Cobb: T3, T227

[edjs]

I personally like the d304 Cobb. They also seem to be selling well lately.

[T_Hamilton]

Originally Posted by edjs

I personally like the d304 Cobb. They also seem to be selling well lately.

As someone who just picked up a beautiful SGC 20 D304 General Baking Cobb, I could not agree more.

[maximus35]

Originally Posted by edjs

I personally like the d304 Cobb. They also seem to be selling well lately.

Yes, that card has been on my want list.
I am surprised nobody mentioned Joe Jax collins mccarthy.

[Touch'EmAll]

A Ruth card, for sheer eye appeal, the 1926 Exhibit pose is one heck of a card. Classic and just oozes vinatge. Beautiful.

[brian1961]

The best Ty Cobb card of them all is his T-3. There are at least a dozen really beautiful cards of The Georgia Peach, but the T-3 is second to none. --Brian Powell

[orly57]

Originally Posted by 100backstroke

A Ruth card, for sheer eye appeal, the 1926 Exhibit pose is one heck of a card. Classic and just oozes vinatge. Beautiful.

I couldn't agree more. If that card were released in a "standard size," guys would go ga-ga over it. Never mind that everyone adores the enormous T3 and the tiny t206. The 21 Exhibits and the exhibits series of champions are also amazing, and nicer than ANY standard cards released of Ruth prior to the Goudeys. Here is a side by side of a standard card and the exhibit with the same image. Bigger IS better. And since Cobb is included in this thread, I will include him too. The beauty of the image is multiplied 100x over on an exhibit or a postcard. And it's not like these "standard" cards had stat or bio-backs, so that distinction wouldn't fly either.

[Leon]

D304 Cobby was the first card used for a Net54baseball T shirt...for a reason. I still think I like the T205 a bit better but I really like the D304s...

Demand is a bit determinant on price. Everyone wants a Ruth Rookie, and they aren't particularly rare, but they are in huge demand at a certain price and not as much at another. Maybe the better question is posed with price "not" determinant and price determinant? And for some eye candy the D304s I used to own, with Cobby...the bottom Rucker made it back into the current collection...

Originally Posted by edjs

I personally like the d304 Cobb. They also seem to be selling well lately.