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1917 E135 Collins-McCarthy Babe Ruth #147 PSA VG 3....
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1917 E135 Collins-McCarthy Babe Ruth #147 PSA VG 3. Although not Babe Ruth's rookie card debut, our offered card was issued just a year later and makes that 1916 rookie issue seem downright common by comparison, one of only seventeen appearing in the PSA population at any grade. It is similar to its older siblings, as it features a different image of a young Red Sox southpaw warming up in March 1915 spring training.The verso bears advertising text for "Collins-McCarthy Candy Co.," a company whose primary claim to hobby fame derives from its status as the source for the Zeenut issue dedicated to the Pacific Coast League that thrived near its San Francisco headquarters. Certainly the regional distribution of this Collins-McCarthy set is a primary factor in its rarity today. While the "Baseball's Hall of Fame" is a common phrase today, remember, this card appeared some twenty years before the doors to Cooperstown swung open for the first time.
Over a century later, this ultra-rare regional issue survives in remarkably fine condition, and likely would have climbed at least another step up the grading letter if not for the imperfect centering that was the rule far more than the exception back in these early days of trading card technology. Gentle rounding of the corners is the other most obvious fault. Only a single example has ever charted higher. Graded PSA VG 3.
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2023 July 14 - 15 Summer Sports Card Catalog Auction #50064 (go to Auction Home page)
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July, 2023
14th-15th
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