Ruth’s rookie card for sale

[nugget]

Babe Ruth’s 1914 rookie card is to be up for sale soon, and is expected to go for $10,000,000 or more.  There are only ten known cards existing, and came in either a red tint or a blue tint.  This card was in the same family for 100 years.  This is the first time in ten years that one has come up for sale.

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[Ken C]

Very cool nugget! It sort of looks like a photograph, but it's hard to tell.

I'm curious as to why it says International League. Then Balto...which I assume is for Baltimore and where he was from. He only played in 5 games for the Red Sox in his first year. Interesting!

[barkeep]

I see it only got a 3 out of out of 10. A Mickey Mantle rookie card that scored a perfect 10 sold for $12,500,000.

[barkeep]

A Babe Ruth rookie card was in the movie Pride Of The Yankees.

[nugget]

Nov 29, 2023 23:44:15 GMT -5 barkeep said:

A Babe Ruth rookie card was in the movie Pride Of The Yankees.

Such an excellent movie!  Gary Cooper was born for that role.