1928 Babe Ruth Candy Company Cards
 

Posted By: <b>Jeff</b><p>Anyone here know much about these? I have 9 singles and a complete set.<br /><br />

1928 Babe Ruth Candy Company Cards
 

Posted By: <b>Kyle</b><p>Add me to the list that has bought a counterfeit/reproduction. Lots of fakes out there. PSA no longer grades them. I don't think SGC does either. GAI does.

1928 Babe Ruth Candy Company Cards
 

Posted By: <b>Jeff</b><p>Do you know anything about finding info on them?

1928 Babe Ruth Candy Company Cards
 

Posted By: <b>Kyle</b><p><a href="http://www.oldcardboard.com/e/e2/ruth-candy/ruth-candy.asp?cardsetID=906" target="_new" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.oldcardboard.com/e/e2/ruth-candy/ruth-candy.asp?cardsetID=906</a" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.oldcardboard.com/e/e2/ruth-candy/ruth-candy.asp?cardsetID=906</a</a>><br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/BABE-RUTH-1928-GEORGE-RUTH-CANDY-4-GAI-3_W0QQitemZ300141147733QQihZ020QQcategoryZ106178QQ cmdZViewItem" target="_new" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/BABE-RUTH-1928-GEORGE-RUTH-CANDY-4-GAI-3_W0QQitemZ300141147733QQihZ020QQcategoryZ106178QQ cmdZViewItem</a" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/BABE-RUTH-1928-GEORGE-RUTH-CANDY-4-GAI-3_W0QQitemZ300141147733QQihZ020QQcategoryZ106178QQ cmdZViewItem</a</a>><br /><br /><a href="http://centuryoldcards.com/1920/1928GHRuth.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://centuryoldcards.com/1920/1928GHRuth.html</a" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://centuryoldcards.com/1920/1928GHRuth.html</a</a>><br /><br /><a href="http://luckeycards.com/peunc1928baberuthcandyx2.jp" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://luckeycards.com/peunc1928baberuthcandyx2.jp</a> (add a g .jpg to the end of the link to view picture from Leon's site)

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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>SGC still grades them, they think they know how to tell the difference between real and fake ones. I guess PSA doesn't think they know the difference.<br /><br />REA auctioned off a lot of 4 SGC graded cards in their April 2007 auction. They have an interesting description (disclosure: I won the lot)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/site/bidplace.aspx?itemid=8550" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/site/bidplace.aspx?itemid=8550</a><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>I was looking at that REA lot a few days ago, & thinking that was a good buy. Those higher quality Ruth candy cards are very nice. Don't see those very often. Nice pickup.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>From what I have seen the set of 6 can come in either a lower grade paper stock or higher grade stock and better pic quality. I have one of each in my collection. The higher grade stock ones are more scarce and look really sharp. I have seen some of the lower grade stock ones come with blank backs but not the better ones....These are the 2nd most counterfeited cards behind Fro-Joys imo....Grading companies should be able to grade these...though I am not so sure about Fro-Joys. I heard a rumor that an old Fro-Joy die had been found and some more cards were made..and that is the reason most grading companies won't grade them. I don't know if that is true though....Some fake Fro-Joys look real good....Hope this helps a little bit..These 1928 Babe Ruth Candy cards are some of the best Ruth cards for the money, again ..imho..regards

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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>Leon, do you have the higher grade stock #6 card? It looks to me that SGC only grades the higher grade stock cards...but they haven't graded a #6 in the set.<br /><br />edited to add: I'm wondering if the #6 cards were shortprinted, as the back of the higher grade stock cards state "when you have the complete set of 6 Pictures, send them to the Geo. H. Ruth Candy Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and you will receive a Baseball with Babe Ruth's genuine signature on it. FREE OF CHARGE.". <br /><br />So it makes sense the #6 card would be very difficult to find since:<br />1. one of the cards were short-printed to make it difficult to complete the set.<br />2. when someone did get a #6 card, it meant a complete set (as the other 5 were probably much easier to get), and thus there's no reason not to send the set in for a signed auto'd Ruth ball.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I had about 5 of the 6 in the set that I won on ebay for a song....I think you bought one or two and I eventually sold most of the rest. The only ones I have are on my site. Your hypothesis sounds feasible....