November 18, 2021: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2021
For the connoisseur and the casual collector, for the Yankee fan and the Red Sox fanatic, for everyone who loses sleep over the game and everyone with a passing fancy for what baseball means to this glorious nation, there is no more important representation of our national pastime than the tiny cardboard antiquity, which once came wrapped with a stick of gum, with the image of the one man who shall forever remain bigger than the game, and bigger than life, George Herman Ruth. This glorious Goudey Big League Chewing Gum masterpiece has been handled, loved, shared, traded and celebrated over its 80 year lifespan. While its corners may be slightly rounded, its colors less than glowing and new, and it's white borders dulled by a near century of adulation, this miniature monument to baseball’s greatest player remains a prize of the highest degree. We encourage you to pursue this treasure. This one looks like it could be EX/NM or NM, but arrives in a PSA Authentic holder indicating it's Altered. This card will be more affordable than its higher grade, more highly prized cousins; however, it will nonetheless remain an original Babe Ruth, which means it will remain the cornerstone of your collection.
1933 Goudey Babe Ruth No. 181 PSA Authentic
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