A Detailed Tribute to Uncle Jimmy as The Final Auction Closes Sunday Feb 21, 2021

[chuckw]

Uncle Jimmy's final 1933 Babe Ruth Signed Goudey Card is up to $435,000 with 2 days to go. Another record price with 2 days left!
https://www.wheatlandauctionservices...entoryid=19357

[BRoberts]

Please keep us updated throughout the day and tomorrow. Is there a place we can go online to see the bidding?

[chuckw]

Originally Posted by BRoberts

Please keep us updated throughout the day and tomorrow. Is there a place we can go online to see the bidding?

You can go here to follow along with the auction that ends Sunday night (2/21) - lots start ending one at a time at 7 PM EST:
https://www.wheatlandauctionservices.com/catalog.aspx

You can jump in at any time to bid, or just feel free to watch. Still some great items from the Uncle Jimmy collection, including large lots of cards and photos. Even Uncle Jimmy's postage stamps and much more.

Good luck!

[campyfan39]

Serious question on grading as I don't own any graded cards and do not understand the system.
That signature is perfect. It is in the absolute perfect spot on the card as if it were printed there. The autograph obviously was not rushed or manipulated in any way. What could possibly cause it not to be a 10? How could it be improved?

Originally Posted by chuckw

Uncle Jimmy's final 1933 Babe Ruth Signed Goudey Card is up to $435,000 with 2 days to go. Another record price with 2 days left!
https://www.wheatlandauctionservices...entoryid=19357

[chuckw]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

Serious question on grading as I don't own any graded cards and do not understand the system.
That signature is perfect. It is in the absolute perfect spot on the card as if it were printed there. The autograph obviously was not rushed or manipulated in any way. What could possibly cause it not to be a 10? How could it be improved?

Good questions. With the 1933 and 1934 Goudeys we sent in hundreds of clean, bold-colored, and nice corner/edges cards and we rarely got higher than 4.5. Every one of us who has held this Ruth card thought it looked near flawless and they likely had the biggest issue with the centering maybe. With regard to autograph grading, if there is part of the autograph that is lighter or skips a little, it could take the grade down. Hands down, everyone who inspected the 6 signed Ruth cards from this collection thought they were amazing and seemed to like this one the best of the 6.