This was before there was a clear definition for the term rookie card. Interestingly enough, his rookie cards, while extremely valuable, aren't his most popular cards. It was not until the Gum Era of the s, that produced Ruth's first highly sought after trading cards. The first was in Goudey World Wide Gum. The extreme rarity of his cards from his early playing days make them more of a novelty. They show up so infrequently that the secondary market pushes the price well past the limits of virtually all collectors.
This unnumbered Baltimore News Babe Ruth rookie card was printed in two color variations, red and blue. The bright and vibrant border surrounds a muted and tinted image in the same color hue. The card features Ruth as a virtually unknown minor league rookie having just left St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. Less than a dozen examples are known to exist, which includes one owned by the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore. This card is part of a set issued by the Baltimore Sun, the city's newspaper and featured stars of the city's two professional baseball teams, the Terrapins of the Federal League and the Orioles of the International League.
It has sold at auction for over half a million dollars Robert Edwards Auctions, Vintage Cards. Babe Ruth has a tremendous amount of vintage material from his playing days. Collectors can also find numerous Babe Ruth cards produced after his retirement and eventual death. With a professional career in baseball that spanned from to , the American Card Catalog records a total of cards or variation of cards produced during this time frame. Here is a look at some key Babe Ruth cards from the era.
Due to their popularity and significance, we've listed the Babe Ruth Goudey cards in a separate tab that can be found at the top of the page. This card, manufactured by the Sporting News publication, features Ruth as a pitcher early in his career. He is still a member of the Red Sox. This is a colorful card depicting a slim and fit Ruth in a follow through swing. This sepia-toned card shows a posed photo of Ruth in an oval die-cut, surrounded by an old-world style antique frame design.
The card is surrounded by a white border. This brightly colored strip card features a painted upper-body portrait of Ruth drawn in an almost cartoonish manner. The card has two numberings 3 and 47 and two undefined variations. Another hand-drawn and unflattering image of Ruth, the last two cards make you realize how disappointing it is that Ruth doesn't have a card in either the T or Cracker Jack sets.
The majority of these strip-type cards were hand cut and, as a result, are often submitted for grading in larger numbers than those of other cards from the same time period. It features a black and white photo of Ruth in a posed batting stance. This is his most submitted Babe Ruth card for grading from and earlier.
This is easily the most colorful Babe Ruth card produced up to this point in time. The Leaf Babe Ruth is a collector favorite, not so much for the specific subject matter but for the iconic set it comes from. The up-close head shot of an older Ruth is set against a bright red background.
This beautiful black and white Babe Ruth cards features a sketched portrait with a facsimile signature. A classic image, this card features a candid photo of a young Ted William's talking with his childhood idol, Babe Ruth.
This is one of two cards within the Fleer Ted Williams set to picture Ruth, the other is card number This is by far the more popular of the two. This card features an aging Ruth taking part in an old-timers game. A more appealing photo of the Bambino set against an orange backdrop accompanies the Fleer Baseball Greats Babe Ruth card. The predominately white design features blue stars running vertically part way down the left and right border.
A blue pennant has his name set against a red and white striped pattern. The whole card has a patriotic feel and is standard sized. This is one of the first notable Topps Babe Ruth cards. It commemorates Ruth hitting his 60th home run. Levine said his company wants to leverage the collectibles space, making rare items accessible for everyday consumers "similar to how Robinhood opened up the financial markets, educated people and made it accessible. I say profits because historically, at the upper echelon part of the industry, there has been a ton of money made.
It's just never been affordable or accessible to people. Skip Navigation. Not only does that make it the finest known example of the specific card, it makes it one of the finest known Ruth trading cards ever. The Goudey Ruth card belonged to the late Florida neurologist Dr. Thomas Newman, who died of complications of Covid in January at the age of 73, according to the magazine. The title currently belongs to a Grade 9 Mantle rookie card that sold for that amount in January and an autographed LeBron James rookie card that tied the record last month.
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