Babe Ruth is mostly known for his ability to hit baseballs a really long distance. But his popularity as one of the top athletes of all time led to all kinds of marketing opportunities during his playing days and after them. Among them, appearances in a variety of films during his career. Those films, by the way, weren't always the greatest. Sometimes Ruth was the star while … [Read more...]
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1948 Swell “Babe Ruth Story” Card Set Promoted New Movie
By 1948, Babe Ruth had long since retired from the sport of baseball. At that point he was at the end of his life, hospitalized with cancer. But he enjoyed a few final highlights in his life before he passed away later that year and one was the making of The Babe Ruth Story, a movie about his life. Ruth attended the premiere of the movie at New York's Astor Theater on … [Read more...]
Heritage to Offer Historic Babe Ruth 1933 Butter Cream Card in July Auction
Heritage is gearing up for its big summer auction and one of the headliners is a truly special card. Included in the company's July 18-19 Summer Sports Card Catalog Auction is an incredibly rare Babe Ruth 1933 Butter Cream card. About the 1933 Butter Cream Set While it is a later pre-war issue, the 1933 Butter Cream cards are extremely rare in any condition. Categorized as … [Read more...]
Million Dollar Yankees Collection Coming to SCP Auctions
Built over several decades, one of the best accumulations of New York Yankees memorabilia ever assembled is about to sold at auction. The private collection, including nearly 350 lots encompassing the entire history of the franchise will be sold through SCP Auctions beginning next month. Many of the items in what's dubbed the Pinstripe Dynasty Collection have never been … [Read more...]
W554 Baseball Set is Small but Challenging
The W554 baseball card set isn't your typical strip card issue. Nevertheless, these oversized photos are classified as a W-Card release. Here's a look at these unique cards. W554 Strip Card Basics Believed to have been issued in 1930, W554 cards are more like small photographs than your traditional baseball cards. And at 5" wide x 7" tall, they are even larger than other … [Read more...]
Rare 1939 African Tobacco World of Sport Set Features Babe Ruth
The 1939 African Tobacco World of Sport set is proof that tobacco cards spanned the entire globe. Not many tobacco card sets featuring baseball are found from Africa, but this one is an exception. Truth be told, the 1939 African Tobacco World of Sport set is a multi-sport issue with little baseball in it. That is relatively common with international tobacco sets as baseball … [Read more...]
1934 Japan Tour Signed Ball Includes Ruth, Gehrig, Original Box
Japanese planes would attack the United States seven years later, but in November of 1934, American baseball players were treated like heroes as they arrived in Tokyo for an 18-game barnstorming trip around the country. There were plenty of ominous undertones during the visit, but goodwill surrounded the 12-city tour. Hundreds of thousands of people jammed the streets in the … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Rare Image of The Babe
You have to get to the ballpark early to watch the visiting team take batting practice but sometimes the road team has a must-watch kind of player. Prior to the homer-happy modern era, no one made BP appointment viewing more than The Babe. A snapshot of one such moment, taken in the stands in Cleveland 85 seasons ago, has made its way to market, complete with … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Surrounded by Tobacco and Memorabilia, The Babe Turns 46 (Not 47)
He'd been retired for six years but life went on for Babe Ruth in the winter of 1941. He turned 46 years old in February and although the sports pages had turned most of their attention to Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg, Bob Feller and the other current stars of the day, Ruth's birthday was still worth a mention...and a photograph. Newspapers throughout the … [Read more...]
The Wayback Collector: Skepticism Should Usually Follow Big Finds
This week, a man was reported to have possibly found a rare Babe Ruth E121 Shotwell baseball card. If real, the card would be quite a find. The story has been appearing on newscasts in Fresno and elsewhere. Part of the reason for that is because Dale Ball of Visalia, Calif. says he purchased the card at Action Sports Cards and Coin in Sparks, NV for the staggering … [Read more...]
