Babe Ruth

[Tao_Moko]

I have really been into Mays again lately. He's still with us, one of the top 3 most well rounded players ever, iconic and a trail blazer. I'm amazed at how affordable key cards are of his. He does not seem to have gotten the COVID bump in prices of other top tier players. No brainier investment and I hope he gets some appropriate attention before he's gone. I recently read that he is struggling with pandemic isolation.

[packs]

Glad I got mine when I did. Paid $500 for this bad boy using my student loans during grad school:

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

I have really been into Mays again lately. He's still with us, one of the top 3 most well rounded players ever, iconic and a trail blazer. I'm amazed at how affordable key cards are of his. He does not seem to have gotten the COVID bump in prices of other top tier players. No brainier investment and I hope he gets some appropriate attention before he's gone. I recently read that he is struggling with pandemic isolation.

Agree with you on Mays. Although his cards have ticked up slightly this year, it hasn't been exponential like some of the others mentioned.

The fact that you can STILL get one of his true rookie cards (1951 Bowman) for an entry level price of around $2000 (grade 1 or 2) and even a grade 4 for around $5000 in today's market is surprising to me.

When I started building my 1952 Bowman set a few years ago, his was one of the first "high dollar" cards I bought, because being his second year card and a high number short print, I was convinced it was soon going to skyrocket in value. Turns out I should I have bought the Mantle three years ago instead

[packs]

Tech stocks have no place in a discussion about baseball cards. I think there is a fallacy in the notion that there are these temporary collectors driving up prices. Nobody in their right mind would go from never even looking at a baseball card to investing in T206 Cobb Green Portraits.

Everyone driving up the price of niche collectibles like T206s and Goudeys is a collector. The only card anyone outside the hobby is likely to have ever heard of is either the Wagner or the 52 Mantle.

[Madi$on18joshua]

When I see the 48 Leaf Robinson PSA 1 selling for $5k, I am of the opinion the 33 Goudey Ruths still have a LOT of room to run. Go to VCP and look at the prices in the last 15 years, theyve never really gone down. Why would now be any different.

[Exhibitman]

Never wrong, just early. That applies in spades to cards. I don't think I have ever gone wrong buying a Ruth card at the then-market price, because I tend to hang onto cards for a long time. Over the long term they are sound purchases because Ruth and several others are must-have players. I mean, how do you put together any kind of credible collection without Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Honus Wagner, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig or Mickey Mantle. They are at the core of the game. It bugged the hell out of me that I did not have a career-issued Wagner card for a long time, until I finally bought one:



I overpaid for it but now I am very pleased.

Now, if I was purchasing with an eye towards flipping the cards relatively quickly I would be sidelined right now.