What's the rarest card you own?

[BabyRuth]

33 Briggs Ruth Total pop 7 between PSA, SGC
21 W516-2-3 Ruth Total pop 6 between PSA, SGC

[z28jd]

One of these cards from my Dots Miller collection has to be the winner unless I'm forgetting something

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by z28jd

One of these cards from my Dots Miller collection has to be the winner unless I'm forgetting something

It's hilarious how the company must've thought, "Man, everyone uses the same darn picture of him holding the bat. Wait, I got it!! Have the art department leave his hands where they are, but airbrush out the bat and throw a mitt on his hand, so he looks like he's in the field. Oh, make him holding a ball, too. Problem solved!! It's just like having a different picture. Now, let's drink some scotch!!"

[TheBig6]

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

It's hilarious how the company must've thought, "Man, everyone uses the same darn picture of him holding the bat. Wait, I got it!! Have the art department leave his hands where they are, but airbrush out the bat and throw a mitt on his hand, so he looks like he's in the field. Oh, make him holding a ball, too. Problem solved!! It's just like having a different picture. Now, let's drink some scotch!!"

Hahaha, and that "mitt" they added looks absurd. It looks more like a bloated cadaver hand than any kind of functional mitt.

[CobbSpikedMe]

As far as I can tell there is only one of these graded by SGC and none by PSA. T215 Red Cross Purtell, Jersey City. And these other little "cards" don't show up too often so I assume they are pretty scarce as well.


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[BobC]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Hahaha, and that "mitt" they added looks absurd. It looks more like a bloated cadaver hand than any kind of functional mitt.

Don't believe that was added. The shadows on the uniform front are completely different as well. Doubt they'd go to that trouble to airbrush in a glove and remove a bat, and then worry abount the shadows on the front. Those are two different images that oddly look a bit similar.

[G1911]

A lot of 1 of 1's, but either post-war or non-baseball.

This card was undiscovered and unknown for 106 years. There are now 4 known proper copies of it. This uncompleted panel from a proof sheet represents 2/3 of the total population.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by BobC

Don't believe that was added. The shadows on the uniform front are completely different as well. Doubt they'd go to that trouble to airbrush in a glove and remove a bat, and then worry abount the shadows on the front. Those are two different images that oddly look a bit similar.

Please tell me you're being facetious????

The artists obviously worked it a bit differently with shadows and such, but they unquestionably started with the same photo!! The most obvious thing is the 'plant eating dinosaur' on his belly...

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...but also the distinct shadow lines and that white area at his collar (and the collars themselves). Plus, look at his hand on the bat. The mitt looks exactly the same. They just traced around his fingers to make a mitt. And follow the shape of his left arm from shoulder to elbow. The artist took a tiny bit of liberty, but they are identical shapes. Look at how exact of a match it is where his right sleeve ends at his wrist. Look at the shape of his right hand. The right side and thumb are a match, and check out the size of his index finger. Holding the bat it's normal looking, but when the artist created the baseball imagery, he made it huuuuuuuuuuuuuge.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Please tell me you're being facetious????

The artists obviously worked it a bit differently with shadows and such, but they unquestionably started with the same photo!! The most obvious thing is the 'plant eating dinosaur' on his belly...

Haha, yes the plant eating dinosaur/prehistoric kangaroo on his belly is really the dead giveaway/linking fingerprint that both cards are based off the same image. Good detective work!

[sflayank]

Only ones known to exist

[sflayank]

Only ones known

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by sflayank

Only ones known to exist

So jealous of the Venezuelan tattoo. It’s bizarre to me that we have yet to see another example from the set in the last ten years or whatever it’s been since you picked this one up. Did you by any chance ask the seller for any backstory they might have on it when you got it?

[sflayank]

No never asked
There must be a few more still down there
Lots of cards came up in the last few years

[Kenny Cole]

here area few

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

33 Briggs Ruth Total pop 7 between PSA, SGC
21 W516-2-3 Ruth Total pop 6 between PSA, SGC

I think that Briggs uses the same image as the 1932 Sanella.

[egri]

Probably this one:

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I don't know how many of these are out there, but there can't be very many. 1953 was Newsom's last season, and he died in 1962. I picked this up from Jim Stinson a few years ago.

[rjackson44]

Just picked up a 1966 bobby orr in safe at bank 😀😀

[egri]

Originally Posted by egri

Probably this one:

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I don't know how many of these are out there, but there can't be very many. 1953 was Newsom's last season, and he died in 1962. I picked this up from Jim Stinson a few years ago.

It would be this one now; Fox is depicted as a Phillie, but spent all of 1953 in the minors, resurfaced with Baltimore the following year, spent 1955 in the minors, then was murdered a couple days after the season ended.

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by egri

It would be this one now; Fox is depicted as a Phillie, but spent all of 1953 in the minors, resurfaced with Baltimore the following year, spent 1955 in the minors, then was murdered a couple days after the season ended.

Cool card, Scott! Amazing.

[puckpaul]

throwing this one out here…any others around? I see that Jay had one for sale on here back in 2008, but i have seen none at auction except for a cut version of it in heritage 7 years ago. There are a few for sure, anyone else have one to show from their collection? No sales on VCP at all.

[sportscardpete]

Paul - I have never seen one, that is an amazing card!