Is This Really Babe Ruth?

[Steve D]

Another copy of this mis-identified card has just shown up in Heritage's Sep 29th weekly sports auction.

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...umbnail-071515

I emailed Heritage and pointed them to this thread.

Steve

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Steve D

Another copy of this mis-identified card has just shown up in Heritage's Sep 29th weekly sports auction.

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-c...umbnail-071515

I emailed Heritage and pointed them to this thread.

Steve

Sometimes a smaller company can be better, when you only have two cataloguers and they pretty much know their stuff! From our Spring Pre War auction:


Lot # 285: 1935 Muratti CIgarette Olympischen Spielen #38 Poynton/"Babe Ruth" PSA 5 EX


It is pretty common knowledge that the gentleman featured in the card is NOT Ruth, but rather Poynton's coach . Frankly it doesn't look very much like Ruth. Anyway the card still enjoys notoriety and can still be found in incorrect slabs like this one. This is a heckuva PSA 5 with nice centering and only minor to light corner wear and light toning.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Sometimes a smaller company can be better, when you only have two cataloguers and they pretty much know their stuff! From our Spring Pre War auction:


Lot # 285: 1935 Muratti CIgarette Olympischen Spielen #38 Poynton/"Babe Ruth" PSA 5 EX


It is pretty common knowledge that the gentleman featured in the card is NOT Ruth, but rather Poynton's coach . Frankly it doesn't look very much like Ruth. Anyway the card still enjoys notoriety and can still be found in incorrect slabs like this one. This is a heckuva PSA 5 with nice centering and only minor to light corner wear and light toning.

And even with your accurate writeup, the bidding still got to around $150. Either some folks just like the Ruth name on the slab's label, or they got the hots for swimming suit clad Dorothy Poynton.

Brian

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

And even with your accurate writeup, the bidding still got to around $150. Either some folks just like the Ruth name on the slab's label, or they got the hots for swimming suit clad Dorothy Poynton.

Brian

I'll be honest I figured it would still sell for more due to the notoriety, I just wasn't going to pretend it was Ruth.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Sometimes a smaller company can be better, when you only have two cataloguers and they pretty much know their stuff! From our Spring Pre War auction:


Lot # 285: 1935 Muratti CIgarette Olympischen Spielen #38 Poynton/"Babe Ruth" PSA 5 EX


It is pretty common knowledge that the gentleman featured in the card is NOT Ruth, but rather Poynton's coach . Frankly it doesn't look very much like Ruth. Anyway the card still enjoys notoriety and can still be found in incorrect slabs like this one. This is a heckuva PSA 5 with nice centering and only minor to light corner wear and light toning.

I remember seeing that auction, and being happy to see a seller honestly pointing out that it isn't Ruth on it.

Steve