Early Ruth Cards

[ls7plus]

Nobody else here has a '23 Lections Ruth (a card which also symbolizes the year the House that Ruth built came into being, and the Yankees very first World Championship), or '31-32 Exhibit Babe (described as the rarest Exhibit Ruth in the Standard Catalog) from the movie stars set??? I can see I'm going to have to get a good scanner--will do so as soon as possible!

Thanks for sharing some wonderful cards, guys--IMHO, look for the Babe to keep going up in $$$. They're going into private collections for the most part, not to speculators or dealers, and many will disappear for years or even decades, which vastly and consistently reduces the available supply. It is the available supply at any given moment, rather than the total in existence, which looms largest among scarce to rare cards in the demand over supply equation, insofar as value is concerned.

May your collecting shine brightly in your lives,

Larry

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Nobody else here has a '23 Lections Ruth (a card which also symbolizes the year the House that Ruth built came into being, and the Yankees very first World Championship), or '31-32 Exhibit Babe (described as the rarest Exhibit Ruth in the Standard Catalog) from the movie stars set??? I can see I'm going to have to get a good scanner--will do so as soon as possible!

Thanks for sharing some wonderful cards, guys--IMHO, look for the Babe to keep going up in $$$. They're going into private collections for the most part, not to speculators or dealers, and many will disappear for years or even decades, which vastly and consistently reduces the available supply. It is the available supply at any given moment, rather than the total in existence, which looms largest among scarce to rare cards in the demand over supply equation, insofar as value is concerned.

May your collecting shine brightly in your lives,

Larry

Spot on. Ruths, high-end Mantles, CJs of Cobb, Shoeless, Matty horizontal, it seems all the blue-chip stuff with eye appeal is vanishing into collections. And guys with the bankroll to acquire these items will, more often than not, have lengthy horizons when it comes to ever selling. There's pop reports and then there's effective available supply. When I get my hands on a real beauty, for example, the odds of it hitting market in decades, if ever, are infinitesimal.

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Nobody else here has a '23 Lections Ruth (a card which also symbolizes the year the House that Ruth built came into being, and the Yankees very first World Championship), or '31-32 Exhibit Babe (described as the rarest Exhibit Ruth in the Standard Catalog) from the movie stars set??? I can see I'm going to have to get a good scanner--will do so as soon as possible!

Thanks for sharing some wonderful cards, guys--IMHO, look for the Babe to keep going up in $$$. They're going into private collections for the most part, not to speculators or dealers, and many will disappear for years or even decades, which vastly and consistently reduces the available supply. It is the available supply at any given moment, rather than the total in existence, which looms largest among scarce to rare cards in the demand over supply equation, insofar as value is concerned.

May your collecting shine brightly in your lives,

Larry

Here's one. Not really an early Ruth but my rarest for sure:

[Vintagecatcher]

Although I believe the Frederick Fotos were most likely issued over a number of years, I would consider this an early Ruth card. (Not my card.)


Patrick

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

Here's one. Not really an early Ruth but my rarest for sure:

Thanks, Erick and Scot--was beginning to feel lonely re the '31-32 Exhibit. Mine is an Ex. I love portraits, and think, as I'm sure you both do, this is a great one. It's one of the prizes of my collection!

And anytime you want to rid yourself of that '23-24 Exhibit, Scott, I'd be more than willing to at least see if I could handle the freight bill! I drool every time you post it!

Collectingly yours,

Larry