Some call it a rookie card, even though it wouldn't qualify by today's standards. It is without question the first Babe Ruth baseball card ever issued. Copies of the 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction. It was considered obscure at best even a few years ago. One of the few surviving examples of this newspaper promotion … [Read more...] about 1914 Babe Ruth Card Still Safe at Home in Museum
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Decision Made on Future of Museum’s Babe Ruth Rookie Card
It's sat quietly inside the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore for several years. A 1914 rookie card of the Bambino, much like those that have sold at auction for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Museum made news last month when it tried to find the owner of the card. The man who originally loaned it to the museum had passed away and Mike Gibbons, the executive director, … [Read more...] about Decision Made on Future of Museum’s Babe Ruth Rookie Card
Babe Ruth Rookie Card Owner Lost…Then Found
They didn't brag about it but those who knew something about baseball cards knew The Babe Ruth Museum had a pretty special display. In 1998, a local man had donated a collection of 1914 Baltimore Orioles cards produced by the Baltimore Sun, including Babe Ruth's only known minor league card--one most collectors now call his rookie card. When the man passed away, his son, … [Read more...] about Babe Ruth Rookie Card Owner Lost…Then Found