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 Wednesday, June 27, 2007
2007 Babe Ruth Card Sells for 40K
Posted by Chris

RUTHticketBGS-1.jpgNew card collectors never cease to amaze me. Yesterday, this Upper Deck Babe Ruth signed ticket card sold for more than 40K on eBay. CLICK HERE

I just don’t get it. It’s not like this thing sold for 15K or even 20K. It sold for the same as a Mercedes for crumps sakes! Wow.

Ruth items like this sell all the time in major auctions. In fact, I bet you could find this exact same stub in a past auction (before UD performed its magic on it), and I would also be willing to bet that it sold for less than $10,000.

Maybe I am underestimating Upper Deck’s power in the hobby, but the fact that they slapped a border, Jimmy Spence authentication sticker and a “1/1” notation on it, to me, shouldn’t warrant another 30K onto the price.




6/27/2007 5:30:51 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [2]
6/28/2007 8:39:52 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
Agreed, that premium is ridiculous.

I am sure if I handed you 30 G's, you could buy some pretty cool stuff.........
Dave
6/30/2007 12:41:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
Personally I can not believe the value that items get when they get a certain grade, or are labeled authentic by certain parties. It all eventually dies down though. I wonder if the person who bought that Babe Ruth card did so as an investment, thinking that someday he'll sell it for double. I wonder if he's one of the many who were buying PSA Jordan rookies for $30,000 a few years ago.
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