1928 George Ruth Candy Cards (Set of 6)

[HBroll]

Greg,

Here are the new photos. These were done at 1200 DPI with the better quality card #6 on the right. The first 4 photos are close ups of the 2 cards side by side and the last photo is a complete strip of the 2 cards side by side showing where I took the close ups from. If you need anymore photos let me know. Thanks.

Howard

PS. The other Ruth candy cards & Fro joy cards I have are graded and these are the only raw cards of this type I have.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Dang Howard, that card is photo engraved and the paper is right, looks Fro Joy-ish for sure. Beautiful card.


Cropped images on any and all are highly suspect at this point and may be the indicator to look for. Going to gather examples of each card if possible for examples of full size images and examples with cropped images, so we'll know what each should look like.

I haven't found a single cropped image of Babe and wife, or of Babe and boy, and I don't think I've found one of Babe kissing the little girl, which are probably the three least significant to most people. If real cards have cropped images, there should be examples of those three cards as well, otherwise that's more evidence indicating cards with cropped images are fake.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Howard, can you post you graded Ruth Candy cards?

[HBroll]

Yes I will post my graded Fro joys & Ruth candy cards too.

I have a question.
It was stated that the "chase" card in the Ruth candy card set was card #6. Now in the auction write up in one of your posts it states the chase card is #3. What is your experience with that? Have you seen the #3 card more or is the #6 card more rare? What would be your guess on which card is the chase card for this set. I get back to you with the pics. Thanks.

Howard

[Clutch-Hitter]

Originally Posted by HBroll

Yes I will post my graded Fro joys & Ruth candy cards too.

I have a question.
It was stated that the "chase" card in the Ruth candy card set was card #6. Now in the auction write up in one of your posts it states the chase card is #3. What is your experience with that? Have you seen the #3 card more or is the #6 card more rare? What would be your guess on which card is the chase card for this set. I get back to you with the pics. Thanks.

Howard

I don't know. I think FKW was saying the #6 card, where he's signing the ball.


Forgot about these cropped ones. I'd guess that because these cards are pictured together as a set, based on that and the cropped images, fake:

[HBroll]

Greg,
Here are the photos of my Fro Joy card. It was the "first graded" by GAI and it passes the black light test and the black box corners on the back are closed. Its hard to photograph because of that stupid holder they put them in. If it was not graded so high and being the 1st graded, I'd bust that puppy outta there.

[HBroll]

Here is card #5 in the Ruth candy card set. It was also graded by GAI and the 1st graded. It also passes the black light test. It has the San Francisco ad back.