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Editor’s Blog: Rare Ruth Card Smoking Hot, St. Louis Show Cancellations, Man in Uniform Pulls a Gem

1916 Globe Store Babe Ruth

A few notes from around the hobby including big bids on a rare Babe Ruth card.

Signficant Ruth Items to Hit REA Block

Babe Ruth bat 1923-25

REA raises the possibility that it’s the bat he used to hit the first home run in Yankee Stadium history.

1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth Rookie Brings $200,000

1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth

The sale of a high grade 1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth, the first big league rookie card of the Sultan of Swat, has set a new bar.

National Sports Collectors Convention Notes: Final Edition

Some video and a note or two from the 2010 National Sports Collectors Convention.

Decision Made on Future of Museum’s Babe Ruth Rookie Card

Thanks to a generous benefactor, one of the few surviving 1914 Babe Ruth cards will apparently not be heading for the auction block.

Babe Ruth Rookie Card Owner Lost…Then Found

Babe Ruth rookie card offered by Memory Lane in 2009

The son of a man who donated a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth card to the Ruth Museum in Baltimore now has a decision to make.