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If you had $3000 to spend would you buy 1933 Ruth Goudey or

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1914 cracker jack Honus Wagner? I am looking for investment only.
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  • jamesryanbelljamesryanbell Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭
    Ruth.

    He's THE player in baseball history.

    Wagner was awesome, but he's only as popular as he is because of the T-206 card.
    -- Ryan Bell
  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    Babe Ruth
  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭
    To be honest I think both cards are great choices, but if I have to choose - Ruth, no doubt.
  • 1980scollector1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
    I have a Ruth on it's way back from PSA and it was sent august 31st and starting to worry a bit about Registered mail but it is a

    1933 Goudey Ruth #149 PSA 3(nice eye appeal and a beauty)

    I have one person in front of you on the boards but if interested let me know and when I get it in can get you a scan!

    the submission # is 4590479 and zip is 37127 to verify the four cards I sent in!
    ** Working on the following sets-2013 Spectra Football Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Autograph set, 2015 Spectra Football Illustrious Legends Autograph set, 2014-15 Hall of Fame Heroes autograph set. **
  • BlackieBlackie Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭
    Ruth.................
    1964 Topps Football
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,487 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>1914 cracker jack Honus Wagner? I am looking for investment only. >>

    BigBen

    That's a tough question but I believe that 3K will only buy you a lower end card which may not appreciate as much as you would like. I think that higher quality stuff appreciates at a better rate.

    So, I would want to find something preWar in a better grade as an investment - and that may be hard for 3K.

    This is just a gut thought and not based on tracking - a quality mutual fund with a long track record will probably outperform a low end card such as the ones you are looking at?

    This is just my opinion.

    Now, you can do well searching for raw cards - but if ya looking for it - specifically to score - ya might have a better chance finding a diamond up a goat's ass?

    But, ya can get lucky with raw - e.g.

    I got this Ryan for the equivalatent of a 30$ trade - raw:

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    I bought this one raw from Rotman Auctions back in the early 90s for 30$:

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    And finally, I got this one raw for 500$ on ebay - it turned out to the a fantastic find!

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    I do think - tho - that preWar stuff - in any grade - will outperform the more modern stuff that is much more plentiful.

    Good luck - whatever you choose.

    BTW - I like Ruth - no more cards are being made and I believe he will always be in demand. image

    mike
    Mike
  • MajorDanbyMajorDanby Posts: 1,343
    i would likely go with the ruth. if it was wagner in his era, then there would be a tighter race (say an e98 wagner). but, my 2 cents is go with the ruth since goudey is a highly collected issue, ruth is a highly collected player and the 33 goudey ruth is considered to be his top mainstream card(s).
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  • baseballjeffbaseballjeff Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭
    Babe Ruth is the man! and ALWAYS will be! image
  • TNTonPMSTNTonPMS Posts: 2,279 ✭✭
    I'd grab the Ruth if possible .

    The demand way outweighs the supply and it's always going to be that way .
  • MorgothMorgoth Posts: 3,950 ✭✭✭
    It would depend on the condition of each card. If it was a really nice Red Ruth and a stained Wagner I would go with the Ruth. I personally think the 1914 Cracker Jacks will outperform the Goudeys in the future as they are incredibly tough to get. That said I would rather have a nice Wagner in 1914 than a 33 Ruth which is far more plentiful. You will have 10X the opportunity to buy another Ruth card but nice 1914 CJ's don't come up that often.
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  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,631 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It would depend on the condition of each card. If it was a really nice Red Ruth and a stained Wagner I would go with the Ruth. I personally think the 1914 Cracker Jacks will outperform the Goudeys in the future as they are incredibly tough to get. That said I would rather have a nice Wagner in 1914 than a 33 Ruth which is far more plentiful. You will have 10X the opportunity to buy another Ruth card but nice 1914 CJ's don't come up that often. >>



    What he said. Of course the first reaction is to say Ruth, but condition and set rarity should definitely play a major part in the decision.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭✭
    It's hard to imagine you going wrong with Ruth, since you mention investment as your main factor.
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