1933 Goudey Ruth #144 or 1921 Exhibit Ruth?

[MattyC]

I'll go with the #144 because I love those pinstripes against the colorful background and I am not a fan of oversized cards. Also, if a possible future sale is a consideration, the Goudey is on more want lists and thus likely more readily liquid. In the end, as many have said, one cannot go wrong; it all comes down to personal preference and it is always splitting hairs to some degree when choosing among Ruths, Mantles, Cobbs, any blue chip super desirable pieces.

[Touch'EmAll]

Exhibitman - I missed it but am curious as to the Exhibit Ruth Portrait 5 grade to which you refer. Are you talking the 1926-29 Exhibit Postcard, Pose (holding bat) ? Or other? And which recent auction ? Thanks.

Steve

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll

Exhibitman - I missed it but am curious as to the Exhibit Ruth Portrait 5 grade to which you refer. Are you talking the 1926-29 Exhibit Postcard, Pose (holding bat) ? Or other? And which recent auction ? Thanks.

Steve

Goldin 6/4/22:

[yanksfan09]

Wow hadn’t seen that pose exhibit sale from goldin. A grade 1 just went for 9600 in heritage too!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

Wow hadn’t seen that pose exhibit sale from goldin. A grade 1 just went for 9600 in heritage too!

That one was a vg-ex looking card with a pinhole. But still, I never imagined that sort of valuation years ago when I was buying them. I guess I should have loaded up on as many as I could when they were $500 cards...

[robertsmithnocure]

I am usually partial to batting poses of hitters, but this fielding pose of Ruth is just perfect to me. The photographer caught him in a classic stance that wonderfully captures Ruth in his earliest days with the Yankees.

The Conlon batting pose is obviously a classic, but I have always thought that it looked too posed to me and I think that there are better batting images of Ruth that exist.

[investinrookies]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Goldin 6/4/22:

Nice exhibit issue but I’d think the 21 should bring substantially more in a 5 should one surface


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[Rad_Hazard]

I've been collecting for a very long time and it's always been the 33 Goudey 144. I didn't even know about the 21 until I read this post. There are so many random 20's cards of Ruth, but the Goudey is seared into peoples minds much like the 52 Mantle, 79 Gretzky, 86 Jordan, 89 Griffey, etc. I only bought mine because I love the card and the image, it's iconic and beautiful and my personal grail card. Best of luck on your journey. Trust your gut.