Babe Ruth Baseball Cards set record in Robert Edwards Auction
Babe Ruth Baseball cards are the most coveted cards in the sports card industry. Owning a Babe Ruth card means you own a piece of America’s national pastime. Babe Ruth has become the most iconic athlete in sports history and his merchandise has become extremely valuable over the years. Babe Ruth’s legacy continues today and his cards are out performing some of the greatest stock in the stock market. In this post we will discuss some of the most recent sales and sales records that have been broken in the past year. If you are a Babe Ruth Baseball Card enthusiast you have come the right place.
Babe Ruth 1914 Baltimore Sun Rookie
In a recent Robert Edward’s auction the 1914 Babe Ruth minor league rookie card sold for $270,053.00 That is the highest that this Babe Ruth Baseball Cards has ever realized. The scarcity of the card and value leave it only second to the well know Honus Wagner T206 card. The card depicts Babe Ruth in his minor league uniform pitching for the Boston Red Sox. Some experts believe this card is the most meaningful card in the industry because it shows Babe Ruth before the most famous trade between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in which Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees. This infamous move by the Red Sox changed the time line of history as the New York Yankees went on too win numerous Pennants and World Series titles with the help of the Babe. Analysts believe that this Babe Ruth baseball card even at $270,000 is a good investment in the long ter, I guess that is a lot of money to pay for a piece of card board but I guess money is made out of paper so what’s the difference.
We will continue to update the site with other online auctions results as well as some of the more well known auction houses. We will add a post tomorrow with more results of Babe Ruth Baseball Card auctions.
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