Baltimore News Ruth in REA

[darwinbulldog]

$9.6 million including the buyer's premium

[packs]

My guess: 8.5 before juice

[slightlyrounded]

Maybe '3 VG' stands for 3 very good corners?

Looks like this was the Collectable.com card valued at $8.83mm when partially re-purchased by the owner in 2021? Unless I'm missing something.

Dream card. I’ll go with a $4.3mm value, economy and rates being where they are.

https://collectable.com/offerings/ba...sgc-3-buy-out/

[fkm_bky]

That's a 2, or 1.5 all day...but in the end with it being such a rare and amazing card, it's somewhat irrelevant (at least to me).

I'll go $13.7M after the juice is applied.

Bill

[Schlesinj]

I believe this was the card that was fractionalized.

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...shares-market/

[molenick]

Originally Posted by Schlesinj

I believe this was the card that was fractionalized.

Not according to this write-up https://robertedwardauctions.com/baltimore-news-ruth

Edited to add: I take it back...it does look like the same card...sorry!

[Jewish-collector]

This used to be the card that was on display all those years at the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fegso-9pAd4

[brunswickreeves]

I guess $14.5MM.

Leon, please start a Net54 Go Fund Me for fractional ownership!

I think this will surpass the $12.6MM 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle SGC 9.5 ‘Finest Example Known’. And in the not far distant future, 1 of the 3 PSA 10 1952 Topps Micks will hit the auction block for $30MM, to then surpass this Ruth Rookie.

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

I guess $14.5MM.

Leon, please start a Net54 Go Fund Me for fractional ownership!

I think this will surpass the $12.6MM 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle SGC 9.5 ‘Finest Example Known’. And in the not far distant future, 1 of the 3 PSA 10 1952 Topps Micks will hit the auction block for $30MM, to then surpass this Ruth Rookie.

I think it has a good chance of passing the 12.6 mark too! It could play out this way. Personally, I’d much rather have this card than all 3 psa10 Mantle copies combined, but I’m in the minority I guess lol. This card is the ultimate grail of grails. Should be interesting and should be good headlines for the hobby! These never come for sale, only 10 known copies!

[oldjudge]

My only question is if someone is willing to pay $10 million now why wouldn’t they have approached the Babe Ruth Museum when the card was available for a lot less. Amongst people in the know I doubt it was a mystery that the card was available.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

My only question is if someone is willing to pay $10 million now why wouldn’t they have approached the Babe Ruth Museum when the card was available for a lot less. Amongst people in the know I doubt it was a mystery that the card was available.

when was it available for less? this card was on loan at the babe ruth museum since the late 90's when I was there.

[Jewish-collector]

Here's more of the story...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...eum-rare-card/

[raulus]

I guess the current owners decided they're ready to cash out now that they expect 8 figures.

In terms of price, how many rich guys are out there and willing to go nuts over this one?

All it takes are 2!

Since we're having fun throwing out wild guesses, I might as well go hog wild and guess that we'll get to $20M on this one, including the juice. There's just enough guys in the cardboard world with 9 figure bank accounts who are willing to part with a slice of their cash to pick this one up for a while.

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

when was it available for less? this card was on loan at the babe ruth museum since the late 90's when I was there.

When the consignor bought it

[Carter08]

Incredible card. If I had the money (in my dreams) would be a tough call between that or a game worn Ruth jersey. Probably similar pricing.

[LincolnVT]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

My only question is if someone is willing to pay $10 million now why wouldn’t they have approached the Babe Ruth Museum when the card was available for a lot less. Amongst people in the know I doubt it was a mystery that the card was available.

Because they already have one…or two?

[LincolnVT]

Becomes the largest sale for a baseball card ever…someone adds it to their already superior collection…maybe sells it privately in a year or five for other real property and the rest of us keep doing what we do. 😊

[CW]

Every example I have seen from this "set" has had slightly rounded corners, but they've also shown other signs of wear, so it's hard to tell how the corners started out in 1914.

Does anyone know if these cards were issued with the corners already rounded, or were they perfectly square when new?

If they started out already a bit rounded, then the SGC grade is not too crazy, since the central image is pretty clean and crease free, despite the chipping and creasing in the edge areas.

[Baseball Rarities]

They came with square corners.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by CW

Every example I have seen from this "set" has had slightly rounded corners, but they've also shown other signs of wear, so it's hard to tell how the corners started out in 1914.

Does anyone know if these cards were issued with the corners already rounded, or were they perfectly square when new?

If they started out already a bit rounded, then the SGC grade is not too crazy, since the central image is pretty clean and crease free, despite the chipping and creasing in the edge areas.

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...set-babe-ruth/