Wounded Ruth--how many of you have settled on a Babe?

[brianp-beme]

I recently received my first Goudey Ruth card. As you can see in the scan it is quite the happy fellow. I scanned it while still in the card saver sleeve, as I am afraid to move it. Why, you might ask? Because I have it nicely lined up and thus I can pretend it is actually just one piece, and moving it from its sleeve would put a nasty ol' crimp in this illusion.

Ruth cards are usually some of the most expensive in our hobby, and because of this I imagine more than myself are willing to accept low condition examples. Perhaps others would like to share their less than perfect Babes?

Brian

[triwak]

Not to hijack the thread, but here's my 2-piece card of another pricey HOFer. Still works for me!

[GrayGhost]

Not even major reconstructive surgery can save the Babe..haha.

GREAT thread tho. I look forward to more of these pictures.

[Leon]

Sometimes ya' take what ya' can find!!

[djrhanover]

Although it is still intact (barely) SGC refused to encapsulate this card for fear that it would break apart during the process.

[rhettyeakley]

Brian, I'm all for collecting rough cards when you need to (to a point) but that Ruth is tough to look at!

[scmavl]

Brian, that's the only time in his life that the Babe had an "hourglass figure"!

Here is one I used to have and would love to buy back. It's a 1, but it looked great.

[christopher.herman]

I just sold two pretty toasted Babes on ebay this week.
W515-2 sold for $107.50.
W516-2-1 sold for $355.00.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by scmavl

Brian, that's the only time in his life that the Babe had an "hourglass figure"!

Here is one I used to have and would love to buy back. It's a 1, but it looked great.

Jarrod,

It's yours if you want it . I promised you that. Just let me know.

Greg

[Exhibitman]

Crazy to think that all of us would happily step into a time machine and buy every single beater we could have gotten at 2011 prices.

I got these long before it was fashionable:





I did not know PSA would qualify a 1...I mean, come on, it's a 1.

This one after wrecked Ruths became au courant:



Sobering to think I paid more for the last one than the others combined. Are we at the point of 'get in or get left out' with most Ruth cards?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Crazy to think that all of us would happily step into a time machine and buy every single beater we could have gotten at 2011 prices.

I got these long before it was fashionable:





I did not know PSA would qualify a 1...I mean, come on, it's a 1.

This one after wrecked Ruths became au courant:



Sobering to think I paid more for the last one than the others combined. Are we at the point of 'get in or get left out' with most Ruth cards?

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I think the get in or get out ship has sailed. I am stuck in limbo. Here is a trimmed Butterfinger that I think I paid $200 for, before I knew it was trimmed. I got it for around $200, so in today's world, probably haven't lost any money.

[jethrod3]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Sobering to think I paid more for the last one than the others combined. Are we at the point of 'get in or get left out' with most Ruth cards?

Actually Adam, that last Ruth...unless the back is mangled or I missed something, that's the best Poor Ruth I think I've seen recently! Great card!

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

At least the nail hole in mine is nicely centered.

Ruth.JPG

[babraham]

The only Ruth in my collection (unfortunately). Very faded and rounded corners, but it's authentic :

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by jethrod3

Actually Adam, that last Ruth...unless the back is mangled or I missed something, that's the best Poor Ruth I think I've seen recently! Great card!

Thanks. It's pretty decent all around:



Buy the card, not the holder...I think I read that somewhere

[CardPadre]

This is a really neat thread that I’m glad was resurrected. Here are mine. The Sport Kings was my first solo Ruth card and I’ve never been more excited in my life to get a card than I was for that guy.

The 144 was from earlier this year and I just couldn’t pass up a sub-$800 Goudey Ruth. Would probably buy 5 more at that price if they ever come around. A pleasantly surprising bonus is virtually all the text on back is present and legible…which you wouldn’t expect based on the front.

And the little guy satisfies my itch for the 1935 and allowed me to sell my actual 4-in-1 to put towards another Ruth.

[Aplyon86]

Who needs borders

The only Ruth that I have and could afford back in the early 80's still raw and not graded, also a being a variation with the apostrophe and the extra line Babe Ruth can be saved for quarts of ice cream