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Babe Ruth's First Yankee Card? January 28 2009 at 2:46 AM		(Login sando69)

has it been definitively determined which card is the babe's very first as a new yorker?

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Re: Babe Ruth's First Yankee Card?

January 28 2009, 5:05 AM

His first year with the Yanks in 1920 so you have your choice of 6 different strip cards.

w516-1-2
w516-1
w519-1
w519-2
w520
w522

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This is a W519-1 and it show him in a NY cap.

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Re: Babe Ruth's First Yankee Card?

January 28 2009, 5:28 AM

I think it might be the Felix Mendelsohn or W514.

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Re: Babe Ruth's First Yankee Card?

January 28 2009, 5:54 AM

I stand corrected...

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Re: Babe Ruth's First Yankee Card?

January 28 2009, 11:56 AM

gentlemen, thanks for your responses.
altho the mendelsohn (m-101-6) was probably produced early in 1920, i would consider it more of an "exhibit" or a "premium" (edited to add: Identified in American Card Catalog as "Photo Card Premiums") than a "card" because of it's sheer size (4 3/8 x 6 1/2)...
what is the hobby consensus?
also, despite sporting red (sox?) sleeves, ruth's w514 example declares him to be the "home run KING"...
wouldn't it be more likely that the title was bestowed AFTER the 1920 season, and this card produced subsequently?

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