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Signed 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #181 PSA Authentic, Auto 9. ...
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Only eight signed examples known!
Signed 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #181 PSA Authentic, Auto 9. The
Babe entered the 1933 season fresh on the heels of his final World
Championship season, one best remembered for his apocryphal "Called
Shot" posted in a four-game Series sweep of the Chicago Cubs. So
while his prodigious slugging skills may have been on the decline
as this first great bubble gum issue tempted sweet-toothed
youngsters at the local five-and-dime, the Bambino still held the
firmest grasp upon the hearts and minds of the baseball public.
That truth unquestionably holds true to this day, and while Ruth's
signature is among the most common of any athlete to have supplied
the entirety of his career to the pre-war era, it still falls well
short of the unending demand.For those intrepid collectors with a focus upon signed trading cards, the pre-war pickings are extraordinarily thin, with this being one of the very finest we've encountered from the great Bambino. This is the "unique" example of the four Ruth entries in the 1933 Goudey set, the other three utilizing the same image with different backgrounds and/or cropping. The experts at PSA/DNA assign the signature a rating of 9/10, placing it firmly among the boldest ever applied by Ruth to cardboard. We remind bidders that a PSA/DNA Auto 7 example drew a winning bid of $252,000 in our February 2022 Platinum Night auction.
The card exhibits the edge wear and corner rounding typical of Depression-era cardboard, with a an ink stain on verso almost surely deriving from its time in Ruth's hands. But, as our catalog imagery will confirm, the aesthetics of this elite rarity are beyond impressive. Encapsulated by PSA/DNA, Authentic, Auto 9.
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Auction Info
2024 August 23 - 25 Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction #50072 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2024
23rd-25th
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