The 1932 sanella margarine Ruth...

[bcookie]

i can say that they are easy to find... i went to eBay Germany and picked up 4 complete books for under $250.. and that was only 3 months ago.

[GasHouseGang]

All I can say is they must eat a ton of margarine in Germany! If these were distributed one card per margarine purchase you wouldn't think there would be that many complete sets. Maybe you could send in for the entire set from the company and get the album to put them in.

[ullmandds]

I'd guess they were issued as complete sets with the book they were pasted into...

[aro13]

In VCBC issue #9 Dennis Purdy wrote about Alan Hager and in that article was mention of the Sanella Ruth card. Great article. The market was manipulated by Hager to believe there were very few Sanella cards available, even though there was plenty. Once the truth came out, prices really really dropped.

[dougscats]

I was surprised it took a dozen posts to point out what Patrick did:
The Sanella is hardly a card at all, while Goudey is your definition of thick cardboard--
Don't get me wrong; I like the Sanella, and I still have one, my first Ruth.
But the paper stock, more than the overabundance of them or the German text, is the reason I don't value it as much.

I agree, though: it is a great image of Ruth.

Doug