1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth in Heritage

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by benjulmag

I acquired each card some years ago and they both were purchased from the same individual. Interestingly, when each card first appeared at auction, I was the underbidder both times. So, it was very satisfying to eventually be able to purchase them.

Truly amazing. Don't answer this if you don't feel like it, but did the seller's last name start with M? I think I might have heard this story from his end.

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Truly amazing. Don't answer this if you don't feel like it, but did the seller's last name start with M? I think I might have heard this story from his end.

Hank,

I believe I know who you are referring to, but no, my seller's last name did not start with M.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by benjulmag

Hank, I believe I know who you are referring to, but no, my seller's last name did not start with M.

Thanks, Corey, I'm sure you do know my guy. That means there are at least two fellows who sold not one, but two, of these, and that strikes me as amazing given their mind-boggling rarity. We all have stories of incredible fortune in picking up things we thought maybe we would never get, but yours has to be up there with the greatest! Thanks for sharing with us mere mortals!

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Thanks, Corey, I'm sure you do know my guy. That means there are at least two fellows who sold not one, but two, of these, and that strikes me as amazing given their mind-boggling rarity. We all have stories of incredible fortune in picking up things we thought maybe we would never get, but yours has to be up there with the greatest! Thanks for sharing with us mere mortals!

Hank, my guess is that your guy's two Ruth cards are the same cards Corey acquired. I suspect that Mr. "M" (I know who you are referring to) either sold these cards to the guy Corey got them from, or sold them to someone(s) who later sold them to the guy Corey got them from. Whatever the case, I echo your thanks to Corey for sharing them with us.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Hank, my guess is that your guy's two Ruth cards are the same cards Corey acquired. I suspect that Mr. "M" (I know who you are referring to) either sold these cards to the guy Corey got them from, or sold them to someone(s) who later sold them to the guy Corey got them from. Whatever the case, I echo your thanks to Corey for sharing them with us.

Wouldn't that be something! Makes me wonder if there has ever been the kind of tracing of these as in the case of the Wags. In one sense, that should be easier given the greater scarcity of the Ruths, but on the other hand when was it that those starting getting the same kind of publicity as the famous-from-the-beginning-of-the-hobby-Wagner, which might make it more difficult to track all of the public transactions of the former in the early years of the hobby? In any case, it's fascinating!

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Wouldn't that be something! Makes me wonder if there has ever been the kind of tracing of these as in the case of the Wags. In one sense, that should be easier given the greater scarcity of the Ruths, but on the other hand when was it that those starting getting the same kind of publicity as the famous-from-the-beginning-of-the-hobby-Wagner, which might make it more difficult to track all of the public transactions of the former in the early years of the hobby? In any case, it's fascinating!

Hank, I think that transactions of Baltimore News Ruth cards and T206 Wagner cards have often been done privately, rather than publicly.

[Lorewalker]

And I know of a Mr. F who allegedly had two of them, a red and a blue, but his were consigned to an auction house at different times.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Hank, I think that transactions of Baltimore News Ruth cards and T206 Wagner cards have often been done privately, rather than publicly.

Oh, I'm sure, Val, but there are, as I'm sure you've seen, lists and even pictures of something like the last 50 Wags to appear in the hobby in some fashion over the last 50 years or so.