Babe Ruth

[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.