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BABE RUTH...has anyone ever seen this card?

tsalemtsalem Posts: 504 ✭
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I have no idea where i got this card. Ive had it for many years though.....
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  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    Its in the line of tickets that used to be used for the George Washington Motor Lodge shows, though this one is much nicer in eye appeal. I still have a run of them laying around somewhere from the 70's through about 86
  • tsalemtsalem Posts: 504 ✭
    I have never seen another out there. Its a cool oddball piece. If you have pics of some of the others, i would love to see them

    thnx tom
  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭
    Mmmm, 1977 card show, 1930s Goudey Ruths....at 1977 prices.
  • nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭
    Cool, get it graded... I'm guessing a 3.

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  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,968 ✭✭✭✭
    Fun card! I like it. image
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat item.
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    very very cool.
  • 53BKid53BKid Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭
    This show was regarded as one of the top shows in the region during the late 70's. As a 15 year old, I'd have to beg my dad to be able to buy cards and generally he wouldn't let me. So to attend the show, I skipped school and hopped a train to NY to get to the Hotel Taft. I put my cash in my socks I was so scared of getting mugged.

    I picked up 5 or 6 Rod Carew rookies in NM/M for $3.50 a piece, and 2 NM/M '67 Mantle's from the same dealer for $5 each. He had a stack of at least 50 of them!

    For $26 bucks my choice came down to either a '54 Aaron Rookie in VG/EX or a set of mini cards in a set of strips from the early 50s that included Babe Ruth, some other hall of famers and early 50's stars. Seeing the Babe, I went for it, though I've never found anyone interested in purchasing it. I regretted that decision once Aaron rookies started selling for $100 and ever since.

    The big item that year were the '77 Topps cloth cards--Dealers were asking like $20 a set for them--which was a lot of money then. Many dealers had them. I also remember a dealer asking $400 for a 1954 Bowman complete set (- 66 Williams).

    Also Renata Gallaso (sp?) who I think was a big promoter back then also issued these black and white cards of Brooklyn Dodgers that I picked up for a few bucks. I eventually had a few of them signed by Koufax and Reese.

    Nice card. Thanks for posting it!



    HAPPY COLLECTING!!!
  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,968 ✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for sharing the memories, 53BKid! image
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