Babe Ruth Cut Auto
 

A customer just pulled a Babe Ruth Cut Auto #ed 4/5 out of this years SP Legendary Cuts. I now have it in my possession and was wondering how much it is worth??

I'll be curious to hear what others think but that signature doesn't look right to me. I can't recall seeing a loop in the middle of the "B" in Babe's name before.

However, assuming the signature is authentic, I would imagine that the smear would detact from that autograph significantly. I'm sure it's still worth $1000 or so, however.

Here is a PSA/DNA + JSA AUTHENTICATED ball on Ebay with the loop..

http://i2.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/3c/03/186f_12.JPG

I'd think it would be worth more than $1,000. Maybe over $2,000. The Ruth cut cards can sell for good money.

Never really paid attention to these, but what a funny thing to say on the back "was authenticated by a third party authenticator." Who was this mysterious third party authenticator? Does it not matter so long as someone says it's good?

I'm out of touch with SP Legendary Cuts, but I'd say about $3,000 or so.

Matt,

I'd say that is fallout from the UD fiasco from a couple years back.

Some sorta CYA in case they get sued,they're dumping the responsibility on someone else.

Guess all this advice from the board was not paid attention to.
This card with that huge smear is now on ebay with a $9500 BIN.

I still think the card is worth closer to $1000 or so. I am well aware of the fact that lots of these 1of1 special "cut" cards sell for huge premiums, but I would have to believe the quality of the signature matters somewhat and this is, unfortunately, not a high quality signature. The smear really detracts from it.

Richard,
They must be valuing the smear at around 5-6 thousand. ;)
Very nice pull but probably worth something considerably south of the B-I-N.

The detraction of the smudge is true. A positive quality, however, is that, unlike many of these cut auto cards, you can see the entire the entire signature.

The "market" for these cards has always struck me as very, very strange.
If a Babe Ruth cut is worth $3000, why is it worth $9000, when it is placed on a manufactured card, with a scarcity that is delibrately created by the manufacturer. And the manufacturers have little or no regard for the quality of the autograph, I have seen signatures that appear on these cards with letters missing, tops and bottoms of letters cut off and other things wrong with the card such as ghost signed signatures and signatures of players paired up with the picture of another player. As an autograph dealer, I know my customers would not be buying autographs with letters missing, etc.

Richard,

Maybe it just goes to show that P.T. Barnum was a genius.

J Mc,,, you have a good point there.

I listed the auto on my other Ebay account since I save a bit on fees. I listed the card at that particular Buy it Now price as obviously I wanted a feel on the what the market for this type of card is. Well, now that I have a feel I can for sure say that my price is probably a little too high.. Oh well.. Better high than low IMO..
Just a while back there was a Ruth Maris historical cuts card that went for $6k. Im not much into cards like this and would rather have a Cobb, Matty or Johnson,, hence the reason for selling.. Thanks for the honest input though.. Im at least glad to hear that you all think its a real sig... <sigh>
Oh, I am in agreement that PT's IQ was off the charts.. :)

So, In your opinion what will it go for? I have some pretty strong offers.

Anything 3500.00 or more take the money and RUN !!!!!!!!!