Love of the Game Auctions - 10th Anniversary Auction

46. 1923 W572 Babe Ruth (HOF) - SGC VG/EX 4

44. 1922 E120 American Caramel Babe Ruth (HOF) - SGC FR 1.5

Fantastic E120 American Caramel Babe Ruth, a less frequently- encountered Ruth card but an earlier example to picture the Babe in his Yankees uniform. Graded FAIR 1.5 by SGC, the card does exhibit visible staining throughout, along with a speck of paper loss obscuring the second “a” in “Americans” in the bottom border, the result of what appears to be a surface abrasion. Some similar abrasions are evident on the reverse, though nothing too dramatic or distracting. An outstanding card of Babe Ruth, one

Difficult midgrade card of Babe Ruth, featuring the same image of the Yankees hero featured on his E120 card. One of the more attractive and scarce strip card issues of the 1920s, the W572 cards all featured the same player images as the E120s, issued in ten-card strips with blank backs. Due to their method of issue, each example is hand-cut, and midgrade specimens are seldom found. Indeed, of the 31 examples graded by SGC, just four have

of the hottest figures in today’s vintage hobby.

attained a grade of VG/EX 4, with only three higher.

MINIMUM BID: $3,000

MINIMUM BID: $1,500

45. 1923 Maple Crispette #8 Babe Ruth (HOF) - SGC GD 2

47. 1933 Goudey #53 Babe Ruth (HOF) - SGC PR 1

Our general rule is that Babe Ruth is the key card to any set in which he appears, but due to the extreme rarity of the Casey Stengel (just one example is known), such is not the case with the Maple Crispette issue of 1923. Still, Ruth would be the second key, clearly the most valuable card from the issue that is actually attainable. Issued by a Canadian candy company, the Maple Crispette cards were redeemable for baseball equipment, which is what has led to their scarcity today. This example has been graded GOOD

The Babe has been flying high for a long time in the hobby, but the past couple of years have seen renewed focus on his cards across all sets and grades. This SGC 1 is certainly graded accurately but the overall appearance for the grade is quite strong. 1933 Goudeys, with their soft cardboard, are prone to corner rounding and that is clearly the case here on a card that was probably passed around quite a bit in the 30’s, no doubt changing

2 by SGC, a well-worn specimen that nonetheless boasts strong eye appeal for the grade. An extremely difficult card of Ruth, one of just 52 examples graded by PSA and SGC combined - which, for a Babe Ruth card, is quite an illustration of the card’s relative scarcity.

hands in trade after trade. The image though, still draws you in and the colors, especially the yellow, are still there. The reverse is quite readable, with an unobtrusive “15” lightly penciled among the text. This example presents a great opportunity for the value collector to add an iconic card to their collection.

MINIMUM BID: $1,500

MINIMUM BID: $2,000

10 TH ANNIVERSARY AUCTION − CLOSES NOVEMBER 26, 2022 37

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