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Goudey Ruth 144 altered
Did you guys see the Ruth that went for $1600 on eBay today? Was that a hood deal? The borders and back looked too white to me. See pic below:
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Goudey Ruth 144 altered
Whoops. I put this in the wrong forum but thanks for moving it.
I am saving to buy a goudey 144 in the next few years, but I don’t yet know what to watch out for. I am planning to buy an sgc or psa graded version to minimize the chance of getting scammed on a high profile card like this, but any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by IgnatiusJReilly; 05-24-2019 at 07:19 AM. |
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The borders look too white from the scan. It could be bleached. Hard to say if it is/was a good deal but it still looks nice.
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It's labeled as altered, so yeah, it's probably altered. Bleaching certainly a possibility. That said, I don't see $1600 as crazy for a decent looking altered Goudey Ruth. Just from the one grainy scan I can say if that card we're numerically graded it would probably be $5k, so if you're on a budget, then it might be a good way to go.
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I purchased my card raw at last years National Convention from a trusted dealer. But why was there some kind of 1931 date stamp AND May 14 1931 written in ink on the back, when these are cards were printed in 1933? I still haven't figured that mystery out, and this "1931" puzzle was the main reason I sent it in be slabbed.
cost was $1,165 I guess my advice would be buy from someone you trust.
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The altered Ruth sold quickly after it was posted. I thought the price was really fair but I couldn’t figure out how it was altered. My guess was bleaching on the front border and back. In any case, my hesitation cost me landing the card. With some more knowledge, I can be more aggressive. I would love to attend the national to buy from a live person, but I probably can’t go.
Here’s the original listing: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F312627010360 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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"May 14, 1931" on the back of Goudey Ruth #144
My guess, the person who wrote that was at the game where Babe smacked his first dinger of the '31 season at Yankee Stadium (vs Red Sox)
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and why.....
would it end up on a card issued a whole 2 years later?
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Except I think that happened April 14, not May 14.
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Not looking to hijack the post but it is ironic I stumbled across this as I was about to post the same question on the same card.....well, not the same card but 33 Goudey Ruth #144. I picked it up yesterday and I had a couple of questions. The card comes from a trusted source. The original owner had it for a few years and probably purchased it this way then his family sold it to a LCS where it has been for I believe a couple years. Anyhow, it was sent to PSA and came back unslabbed as "altered". Now, I couldn't figure out what was considered altered as it has a small rip on a corner and a couple small creases. But as I woke up in the middle of the night I thought that it must have been some type of cleaning. That leads to my questions.
1. How can I get PSA to slab a card as "Authentic Altered"? I have sent in a 61 Topps Mantle before that someone erased a moustache off the Mick and asked for it just to be slabbed altered but it came back in a card saver both times. 2. Do you guys think the alteration on this is most likely washing or bleaching? Thanks and again, didn't want to hijack the thread, just didn't want to make another post on the same card. |
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