This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/4/2014
Graded EX/MT+ 82 (6.5) by SGC. "How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball...The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can."- Babe Ruth. The offered quote embodies the bodacious bravado of Ruth as well as any quote could. He played big and he may have lived even bigger. The featured collectible can stand on par with any other card of par grade and even with some pasteboards of advanced assessment. Surrounded by four upper end corners that easily qualify as NM or better end points the interior offers a startling canary yellow background that envelops the famed slugger. The image of Ruth is perfectly focused and shows forth in a nearly three dimensional appearance highlighted by deep bold flesh tones. The centering is slightly askew and predominately favors the left edge and is the most likely culprit to the opined grade from the exceptionally critical graders at the New Jersey based company. The reverse offers a splendid opaque white presentation void of any disturbance. Overall the offered collectible presents as an upper end keepsake with attributes of an even higher grade card.