1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth in Heritage

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Heritage could have bid itself too, according to its rules. Not saying that happened, I have no idea, although there are people here with inside knowledge who likely do know who the consignor was and whether someone actually won it (and who).

100 percent. This hobby is small and lives gossip. People could talk if they really want to… or maybe they don’t?

Either way, we will talk again about this when the Ruth comes up for sale again in a year.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

100 percent. This hobby is small and lives gossip. People could talk if they really want to… or maybe they don’t?

Either way, we will talk again about this when the Ruth comes up for sale again in a year.

After this, I don’t think an example of that card, in either color or back, will be up for auction again for a very long time.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

After this, I don’t think an example of that card, in either color or back, will be up for auction again for a very long time.

Perhaps, but only because the card is so darned rare, not because the owner of this one apparently took such a hit. And maybe this price is more representative of today's market than the previous one, haven't there been some pullbacks over the last several years? At any rate, that's still life-changing money for a lot of people, and if you're sitting there with one of these you picked up for a pittance not that long ago, or you found grandpa's, how long are you going to wait to cash in on this unexpected bonanza: five years? ten years? Why would you?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Perhaps, but only because the card is so darned rare, not because the owner of this one apparently took such a hit. And maybe this price is more representative of today's market than the previous one, haven't there been some pullbacks over the last several years? At any rate, that's still life-changing money for a lot of people, and if you're sitting there with one of these you picked up for a pittance not that long ago, or you found grandpa's, how long are you going to wait to cash in on this unexpected bonanza: five years? ten years? Why would you?

Maybe they figure it will keep going up.

Or maybe they want to move to a low tax location first.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

100 percent. This hobby is small and lives gossip. People could talk if they really want to… or maybe they don’t?

Either way, we will talk again about this when the Ruth comes up for sale again in a year.

Who submitted the card? I wonder if that was the original owner or the auction house the first time it was listed in REA a couple years back.