Exhibit Experts - Babe Ruth

[smtjoy]

Ruth has a ton of exhibits from his playing years, here is a list (im sure I will miss one). As far as pricing most in low grade (1 or auth) will run around $400-600, a few are very expensive and can run from $1000-4000 in any grade (I put a * next to those ones)-

1921
1922 Eastern Exhibit
1923-24 * (a PSA 1 sold in auction last year for $3600)
1925
1925 Sports Champions
1926 *
1926-29 PC Portrait
1926-29 PC Batting Thru
1927
1928
1929-30 4 on 1
1929-30 4 on 1 with 2 boxers *
1929-30 8 Star Stamp Pictures
1931-32 4 on 1 *
1931-32 Prize- In Suit *
1933 4 on 1 *
1934 4 on 1
1935 4 on 1

[Exhibitman]

Sounds about right, tho I'd probably give a bit more love to the 1925 Champions; that is a very tough card...

[glchen]

Is that a 1926 Exhibit Ruth in the current Legendary auction. It seems more green like a 27 Exhibit than blue-gray. Link is here: Link

Meanwhile this SGC 1926 Ruth Exhibit almost seems more blue like a 28 Exhibit. Link is here: Link

Are both of these really 1926 Exhibits?

[smtjoy]

Hi Gary,

You are correct and PSA messed up on both of them, the first is a 1927 and the second on ebay is a 1928.

[Touch'EmAll]

I tend to agree that the 3 most prized Ruth Exhibits are:

1921 Exhibits, fielding pose
1925 Exhibits, Champions
1926 Exhibits, w/bat pose

In nice shape, you occasionally see a 1921 up for sale, rarely the 1925 or 1926 pose card.

Question - not a PSA member, but what are the pops for these 3 cards, in say a PSA 5 grade? Also SGC pops? If anyone knows, thanks.

[glchen]

Thanks, Scott. That's what I figured.

This is probably more of a general Exhibits question, but are there any color tints that are tough? I think this mostly pertains to the 1926-29 Exhibits, but I think some of the 4 in 1's have different color tints also.

[smtjoy]

On most prized Ruth Exhibits, my list would be (I still need two of them)-

1- 1923-24
2- 1929-30 4 on 1 with 2 boxers
3- tie 1926 and 1931-32 Prize- In Suit

Now most popular would be a lot different as you rarely see the ones above, I would put that more like-

1- 1921 (great pose)
2- 1926-29 Portrait (great photo)
3- 1926-29 Follow Thru (action shot)
4- 1935 4 on 1

These really are the 3 easiest Ruth exhibits to find too, lots out there.

On colors, the 1926-29 has a lot and some are a lot harder than others, like orange and red are very tough. The 1929-30 has the most colors combos of all the exhibits and some of them are nearly impossible to find. On all the color sets the black and white are the most common.