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Old 07-30-2023, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ullmandds View Post
as a ruth collector...I personally really like most of the period canadian issues...esp the one you've got there...I'd love to add that pose in my collection. The WWG's are more scarce than their goudey counterparts but are worth less. I suppose it makes sense as ruth was american...played in america...and back then there were no professional canadian bb teams. dunno?
I think by the time the hobby even discovered WWG, 33 Goudey was entrenched as one of the very top sets of all time, and relative scarcity is never going to supplant that, even with the wider availability of the Canadian issues.
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