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[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Stuff keeps coming to market.

I'm not surprised at what's out there, just at how much money people have to devote to this thing of ours seemingly every week.

As long as quality items get strong prices, it will keep happening, if for no reason other than natural attrition out of the hobby (aka collectors dying or getting old) of many under-the-radar great collections that belong to Boomers who don't do the grading thing (and whose cards are not reflected in the population reports) and who don't post their holdings on chat boards. Their families call the auctioneers when gramps is ready for the home or discorporates, and we get a nice flood of cards.

I attend a lot of non-card-centric collectibles events and one thing that strikes me is how generational the flow of merchandise is. Right now, we are in the middle of the liquidation of the estates of the Greatest Generation and the Korean War era Silent Generation, and the material out there from WWII and immediately after has proliferated over the last few years. I see big caches of photos, postcards and ephemera that was clearly amassed by or generated by servicemen in Europe or Asia. The families see little or no value there, so they blow out the stuff at estate and garage sales, and diligent pickers grab it. Some of those men were the early card collectors so no wonder we are seeing caches of vintage cards emerge.

[e107collector]

I might be wrong, but I think there was only 1 Ruth rookie. They included the same card in 2 different angles in the photo.

Great find!!

[oldjudge]

Tony--there were two Ruth rookies in the group but the second might not have need graded yet.

[oldjudge]

Here is the second

[e107collector]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Here is the second

Jay,

I didn't see that . What a great find!!

I just checked the PSA pop report, and Ruth is listed as a 1 and a 3.5.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by e107collector

Jay,

I didn't see that . What a great find!!

I just checked the PSA pop report, and Ruth is listed as a 1 and a 3.5.

Thanks. I could swear there was only the 3.5 listed earlier, but I could have just missed it.

[JamesGallo]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Here is the second

So what is the buy in on a ruth rookie these days. Plus Goldin has a 1.5, so that is 3 examples will that impact the market at all.

James Gallo

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by JamesGallo

So what is the buy in on a ruth rookie these days. Plus Goldin has a 1.5, so that is 3 examples will that impact the market at all.

James Gallo

Last night, Heritage sold a PSA 2.5 Blank Back Ruth rookie for $384,000. Solid price.

[oldjudge]

I don’t know why that card only got a 2.5; it is beautiful. I bet it will be broken out and resubmitted and would not be shocked if it eventually ends up in a 4. With that in mind, I think the price was low for what the card is, which would be consistent with the lower Ruth prices of late.

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by e107collector

I might be wrong, but I think there was only 1 Ruth rookie. They included the same card in 2 different angles in the photo.

Great find!!

Tony - there are 2 Ruth’s with the second one going to be a lesser grade. I’ve seen them both.