Insane Babe Ruth card on Ebay

[robertsmithnocure]

Heritage has it listed in one of their upcoming auctions.

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...kedLots-101116

[Seven]

Originally Posted by robertsmithnocure

Heritage has it listed in one of their upcoming auctions.

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...kedLots-101116

Will be interesting to see how much it goes for.

[oldjudge]

I have an entirely different view from many here. I think every item that might be of interest to the group should be openly discussed. If I miss something that I collect I would appreciate people bringing it to my attention. Similarly, if I know something is coming up for auction that someone I know collects I will point it out to them. I have operated this way for thirty plus years and will continue to do so.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I have an entirely different view from many here. I think every item that might be of interest to the group should be openly discussed. If I miss something that I collect I would appreciate people bringing it to my attention. Similarly, if I know something is coming up for auction that someone I know collects I will point it out to them. I have operated this way for thirty plus years and will continue to do so.

Spot-on, Jay.

[fkm_bky]

I'm excited to see where this one lands!

Anyone want to bet me $.1,000 that it's somewhere between $2 and $200,000.00.

Bill

[robertsmithnocure]

Looks like the card sold for $45,600.

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...=MyBids-101116

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by robertsmithnocure

Looks like the card sold for $45,600.

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...=MyBids-101116

The consigner's share of that is likely $38,000, so roughly $11,000 lost in ten weeks time...ouch!

Brian

[ullmandds]

Seems graded accordingly to me and it’s a beautiful example! I’d expect 100kish.

[JeremyW]

I thought the dark spot on the back-right side was paper-loss, evidently not.

[peanuts]

Awesome to see the life of this card continue! Will be interesting to see where it goes.
I'm a bit surprised Heritage didn't choose to include any information about how it was found - it's quite a good story and certainly the stuff of dreams. I doubt it would move the needle much on the final hammer price, but it seems like it would be a fun way to try and hype the sale.

It does also make one hopeful - if this was living in a shoebox in an attic, what other cards are still out there, just waiting for us to rediscover them?