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[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by glchen

The price on the blank backed 1926-29 Ruth Exhibits was insane. I thought the price was already crazy when it was $14K before extended bidding, and then the price doubled! I get that blanked backed are much tougher than the postcard-backed and this was the best looking one out there, but $30K, really? I really hope that this is not the new normal, and just an outlier because the card was blank backed. Otherwise, it'll be a really hard to pick up more of these cards.

That's not even the highest graded example of a batting Ruth (SGC shows a 6 in its pop report).

I don't think anyone except the real nuts (like me) care about the backs on these cards. It was a crazy result but maybe not that crazy when beater 1933G Ruth cards are over $5K with a much larger pop. The more interesting numbers to me show strength across the Exhibit realm:

--1921 Walter Johnson 4.5 $1,680.00
--$12,600 for the PSA 2 (but great eye appeal) 1921 Ruth
--$6,600 for the PSA 3 1928 Ruth
--$3,270 for a group of 183 postwar Exhibit cards with Mantle, Paige and Robinson (2) and even those three were not in stellar condition: Mantle/first name outlined in white (Ex), Paige (marked on reverse, otherwise Ex), two J. Robinson (Vg-Ex+ and Vg).

The unopened was crazy. $11,400 for 19 cello packs and $1,500 for a cello with Mantle on top. I really wish I'd held onto the packs I busted 20 years ago...