Truly Rare Pre-War Cards

[calvindog]

[ullmandds]

No...the t206 Wags is the highest profile card in the hobby...and as a result I'd guess most are known.

[Bilko G]

How many of the Baltimore News Ruth's are out there?

[cfc1909]

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[cfc1909]

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[e107collector]

Originally Posted by Bilko G

How many of the Baltimore News Ruth's are out there?

I think there are eleven 1914 Baltimore News Ruth's that exist.

Tony

[philliesphan]

E104-III series is ridiculously rare. I think in the last decade, about five cards have been added to the checklist! What constitutes a "complete" set is not known, for all intents and purposes.

[ethicsprof]

Jeff Lichtman's Cobb above is a beauty and a rarity.
i would add that all of the 1921 herpolsheimer's are one of a kind.
i have one---the geo. j. burns.
not a cobb, sadly, but still a beauty and a rarity.

all the best,
barry

[Leon]

I have an unfair advantage as I have focused on rare cards for my whole collecting career (around 15 yrs)....

[paul]

1927 Imperial Chocolates from Cuba. Only two cards are known, this one and the Speaker. I believe only one example of each is known.

[terjung]

Originally Posted by e107collector

I think there are eleven 1914 Baltimore News Ruth's that exist.

Tony

I didn't think the number was quite that high. Didn't somebody lose one of them?

[benchod]

Originally Posted by terjung

I didn't think the number was quite that high. Didn't somebody lose one of them?

That was the buttercream (R306) Ruth that got tossed in the trash

[White Borders]

I believe only two Charles Lindstrom cards from the 1932 US Caramel (R328) Set are known to exist.

(Scan is one I found on the Web)

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by terjung

I didn't think the number was quite that high. Didn't somebody lose one of them?

I think that REA accounted for ten known Baltimore News Ruth cards - plus one that a customer of theirs kept in his office drawer, but was either lost or stolen years ago.

In reference to the R306 Ruth - I think that it was Barry Halper who accidentally threw away the example that he purchased from Lew Lipset.

[terjung]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

I think that REA accounted for ten known Baltimore News Ruth cards - plus one that a customer of theirs kept in his office drawer, but was either lost or stolen years ago.

That was the story I was thinking of, but I guess lost or stolen doesn't mean "gone, never to be recovered", so the number is 10 with a possible 11th surviving. I was thinking that the story was that he had thrown it away accidentally or something like that.