Ruth issue to buy with a budget of $1500 (seeking experienced advice)

1928 Harrington's Babe Ruth can be found at a reasonable price

[yanksfan09]

Nice choices Gary. I would definitely look for exhibits in lower grades, maybe a low grade R315. A low grade 1922 E121-120 would be nice but probably would have to stretch the 1500 range some, same as a low grade Goudey probably looking at 2k+. The Sport Kings in lower grade may be doable in that range.

I would wait and see what's out there check big auctions, and wait till one you really want comes up in your range.

[Snapolit1]

How about a Shapira Bros Ruth?

[Bpm0014]

I'd buy an original photo of Ruth that you really like.

This. Type I photo for sure would be my advice...

[packs]

Photos are popular now but is it always going to be a good buy at a price like $1,500? I was picking up photos for almost nothing before they took off.

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by packs

Photos are popular now but is it always going to be a good buy at a price like $1,500? I was picking up photos for almost nothing before they took off.

Depends on the photo.

[packs]

I think you'd have to spend more than $1,500 now to get a photo that will keep value at that number later (which means overpaying really). Right now it seems like any old photo is going for seven, eight, nine hundred bucks. I don't see that kind of market sustaining itself though.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by rgpete

1928 Harrington's Babe Ruth can be found at a reasonable price

Reasonable but it's been 5+ yrs since those were in the 1500 range from what I recall. I think you would have to add 500+ to the budget today. Still great cards and a great value though.

Here is a w626 of a Ruth pose that has never been seen yet as a card. It was under 500 bucks...

[drcy]

I like the Senellas. They're nice looking cards and an affordable price.

[brianp-beme]

As packs previously mentioned foreign (Canadian) is not a bad way to go. Here is a 1934 World Wide Gum with great eye appeal on the front and a badly stained and slightly damaged back that went for $1600 last month. Some day collectors will finally realize that the World Wide Gum cards are a lot harder to come by and feature the same dang classic images as seen on the Goudey cards.

Brian

[packs]

I've always been baffled by the price difference between the Goudey and WWG. This hobby lives and dies for rarity and variance but for some reason there isn't much interest in the rarity or variance of the WWG set.

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Originally Posted by packs

I've always been baffled by the price difference between the Goudey and WWG. This hobby lives and dies for rarity and variance but for some reason there isn't much interest in the rarity or variance of the WWG set.

I personally think it's because there is still something "foreign" about the WWG. They are definitely great cards. But the French writing makes it seem a little less "authentically American". And if I'm going to shell out over $1000 for a baseball card, I think it might bug me a little bit that it still seems like a foreign issue.

I definitely think that's the reason the Sanella cards are still relatively cheap...the German writing on the back makes them feel like less of a standard baseball card. Because the image on those is great.

[packs]

I think the 1933 WWG has a variant with an English only back.