I Captured the King and Lost the Queen, But Got the Babe!

[Jerry G]

Congratulations, Tanner and thanks for sharing. Makes me rethink my own collecting goals. I have mass quantities of cards and things that I literally haven't looked at in years. I keep my favorites very handy. Maybe it's time to thin the hurd and focus on the things that really inspire me. I actually did that several years ago. I had 225 different poor to good T206s. I sold them and moved toward G-VG Obaks and autographs. Haven't looked back yet. Might do it again on a bigger scale. Appreciate you, man.

[Rich Falvo]

Great story, and beautiful cards!

[packs]

Love the WWG Ruths. Here's my 1934:

[ullmandds]

Great story...and I'm glad you ended up with that ruth...I was close to making a deal!!!!!! I also love the rarity of the WWG's compared to the goudeys...yet for some reason, non-american made ruth cards have always held the back seat to american counterparts?

Perhaps someday this will change? Rising tides lift all ships, right?

So the maple crispettes...the churchmans...the shonens...the sanellas/bulgarias/WWG's...should all be more appreciated...or should they not?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by packs

Love the WWG Ruths. Here's my 1934:

I don't know much about WWG cards, but isn't that a 1933?

[packs]

No, mine is from the 1934 set:

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

I don't know much about WWG cards, but isn't that a 1933?

Here is a great article by a Net54 member that gives the best rundown I have encountered on the what and the why of the 1933 and 1934 World Wide Gum issues, and how they correspond to the Goudey issues of the same years:

https://sabrbaseballcards.blog/2019/...n-goudey-code/

Brian

[Yoda]

I believe the WWG cards come with a 100% English reverse as well as the bilingual, more common variety. I hold the same WWG Ruth pose as you graded in a SGC 50; it is one of the cornerstones of my Ruth card collection.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Here is a great article by a Net54 member that gives the best rundown I have encountered on the what and the why of the 1933 and 1934 World Wide Gum issues, and how they correspond to the Goudey issues of the same years:

https://sabrbaseballcards.blog/2019/...n-goudey-code/

Brian

Hey Brian. Thanks for the link to this article. It was a very good read and I learned a lot. I had no idea WWG used the 33 series in their 34 release. Awesome stuff.

[h2oya311]

Tanner! That’s awesome! Congrats on a successful 2020! On to 2021.