Babe Ruth
Highest price on record for a 1933 Babe Ruth Card (#181) A while back, I mentioned that Goldin Auctions would be offering a pretty rare Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey card. Now, the
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August 3, 2018 // 0 Comments
Find of a Lifetime Increases Population of a Rare Pre-War Set In 1916, you could buy a complete set of M101-4 Indianapolis Brewing cards for a quarter. Today, things have
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July 25, 2018 // 0 Comments
There are plenty of Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey cards among us but few are in such high grade as one that will be offered in Goldin’s upcoming Summer Auction. The Card A
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May 31, 2018 // 0 Comments
A long time ago, Babe Ruth wasn’t only hitting baseballs. The Hall of Fame legend was also a celebrity off the field, appearing in movies and sponsoring all sorts of
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May 29, 2018 // 0 Comments
The majority of pre-war baseball cards were typically included inside of some kind of packaging along with another product. Some of those products were boxes of cigarettes
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May 17, 2018 // 0 Comments
Babe Ruth has plenty of popular baseball cards, primarily from the late 1910s through the 1930s. The height of his popularity hit in the 1920s but even with his career
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April 22, 2018 // 0 Comments
There were a lot of crazy looking cards in the pre-war card days. I mean, a lot. I just wrote about one recently, the Bill Burns T206 card, which appears to show him with the
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April 17, 2018 // 0 Comments
The 1932 Sanella set is known by collectors largely for the Babe Ruth card in it. But the release has a lot more – 111 other cards, to be exact, including a card of a
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April 15, 2018 // 0 Comments
Short print cards have been around in the baseball card hobby for about as long as it’s existed. These cards are generally ones that are limited on purpose for any
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April 11, 2018 // 0 Comments
Babe Ruth dominated the baseball landscape in the 1920s. He routinely led the league in home runs, RBI, and walks, as well a slew of other categories. But by the early 1930s,
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April 9, 2018 // 0 Comments
In addition to which sets to collect or how to start a collection of pre-war cards, one of the most common questions I’m asked is how to avoid fakes. The best answer,
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April 7, 2018 // 0 Comments
I recently had the chance to discuss pre-war cards for an interview with the fine folks over at Collection Connections. One of the questions was an intriguing one asking for
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March 19, 2018 // 0 Comments
