Sometimes a tiny chunk of a Ruth card is more than just a tiny chunk of a Ruth card

[brianp-beme]

I believe as it stands, my fractional ownership of this W516 card is 1.2%. So in my book, possession is 1.2% of the law. Actually this will be free to the other owner, who likely only currently owns approximately 83% of a full sized card, mostly due to its missing bottom right section.

I considered having my tiny chunk restored, but the place that looked at it mentioned they would only be able to restore the whole card as if it only had a red background, with no image of the Babe present. I thought it not wise to proceed.

And the one company I inquired about grading it said they couldn't slab my chunk as 'Authentic', but instead could print the crossbar of an 'A' on the label to accurately reflect the corner's puniness in relation to the card's original size. I figured that a '-' on the label might hurt its value, with some in the collecting community likely construing the "-" as indicating that the card is a 'minus', so currently my corner chunk remains peacefully at rest and able to breathe under its own power.

Brian

[Vintagedeputy]

If I owned either piece, I couldn’t live with myself if they weren’t reunited.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

If I owned either piece, I couldn’t live with myself if they weren’t reunited.

I actually do plan on reaching out to the big chunk owner in a couple of days if he doesn't contact me by then...just thought it would be cooler if he stumbled across this thread himself. It is always possible he is not interested in the tiny chunk, as the big chunk is slabbed, and no good way to reunite with demolishing the slab.

Here is the front and back of the card pre-slabbing, and with a scan of the tiny chunk portion for all to compare.

Brian

[JollyElm]

In season 2 of this show, the owner of the sliced off lower right portion of the Ruth card will be revealed.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

In season 2 of this show, the owner of the sliced off lower right portion of the Ruth card will be revealed.

Unfortunately the network (I believe it is called Net54) cancelled the show after the first season due to low viewership. The whereabouts of the lower right chunk will probably end up an unsolved mystery that will haunt us dedicated followers of this saga until our last breaths.

Brian

[JollyElm]

Yeah, the Net54work brass are putting all of their resources into developing a new collecting/dating program called 'Glove Island,' where serious baseball card collectors and gorgeous bikini babes are partying together and intermingling on a picturesque South Pacific atoll. The host (a barista from an L.A. coffee house that a producer thought was 'hot') will then tempt a collector by offering him a choice of either taking the girl home, or leaving the island alone for good with what could be a valuable graded pre-war card. (The number on the label will be hidden and only revealed to the collector during the plane ride home.) A tough choice for anyone.

The tagline is: "Will He Make the Catch??"

(Of course, the early reviews have been mainly negative. One bitter reviewer stating, "I don't know what was made of more plastic, the broad or the slab.")