Opinions needed on Goudey Ruth

[robw1959]

Sizes do show slight differences from that period among Goudey cards and Diamond Star cards as well. The cutting equipment wasn't as precise in measurements on those vintage cards compared to the modern ones.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by robw1959

Sizes do show slight differences from that period among Goudey cards and Diamond Star cards as well. The cutting equipment wasn't as precise in measurements on those vintage cards compared to the modern ones.

For sure. That said, there is a much higher percentage of smaller ones in mid and high grade slabs than larger ones, it seems. And the thing is, I am convinced, the eye gets used to the smaller ones over the years.

[brianp-beme]

Definitely my Goudey Ruth has left and right side borders that, even accounting for the one obvious visible flaw of this card (being off-center), are substantially larger than the 'eek' high grade Ruth Goudey cards in the REA auction. Even the smaller right border on my card appears to be larger than most borders on their top-notch examples.

Brian (my Ruth is side-notch)

[Matt74]

I'm just wondering why the 2 cards are in SGC slabs with PSA labels.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Matt74

I'm just wondering why the 2 cards are in SGC slabs with PSA labels.

I'm assuming that's a joke. They're taken on a black background, in case it wasn't a joke.

[samosa4u]

I did more research on this, and yes, it looks like they were cut all over the place. I found many under-sized examples online, even lower-grade:



But I still hate under-sized cards!

[ALBB]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Definitely my Goudey Ruth has left and right side borders that, even accounting for the one obvious visible flaw of this card (being off-center), are substantially larger than the 'eek' high grade Ruth Goudey cards in the REA auction. Even the smaller right border on my card appears to be larger than most borders on their top-notch examples.

Brian (my Ruth is side-notch)

The wide border on the left really bothers me on this card

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ALBB

The wide border on the left really bothers me on this card

The centering is definitely not for the faint-hearted.

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Brian

[Leon]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

The centering is definitely not for the faint-hearted.

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Brian

The centering isn't that bad (for what is there). But that top right corner has some paper loss!! The top left corner doesn't bother me because there isn't anything to see.
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[jingram058]

I wonder...

Could you take a repro (there are certainly many of them, one of those "aged" ones), and carefully cut the missing parts (like a jigsaw puzzle),
and glue the parts together to make a "FrankenRuth"?

Brian would never go for that!

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by ALBB

The wide border on the left really bothers me on this card

I worry about the Babe; his groin is missing.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I worry about the Babe; his groin is missing.

I'm not sure why people keep referring to this card as a Babe Ruth when the card clearly says "Erman Uth".

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I worry about the Babe; his groin is missing.

We know he loved the ladies, so it was probably due to overuse. Therefore, (don't know the clinical term) groinal attrition.

[brianp-beme]

Some groupie probably stored Erman Uth's groin in a biscuit tin...perhaps there is still hope for its discovery.

Brian