Collectable Daily: June 2, 2021 - Babe Ruth Megamix

Collectable is humbled to present one of the greatest cards in the history of sports, a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth card, the Bambino’s first card, a minor league baseball card that pre-dates his playing days with the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Graded a 3 by SGC and one of only 10 known to exist, the card’s been displayed at the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore for the past 23 years and continues to reside there today. 

This card was recently purchased by a private collector—who wishes to remain anonymous—for an undisclosed sum, but legal sources have confirmed it’s the most expensive purchase in sports card history, surpassing the $5.2M sums recently paid for a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 9 and a LeBron James rookie card. 

In partnership with the private owner, Collectable will issue 1% of the total value of the market to the public, date TBD. The owner may release more shares to the public, similar to a secondary offering, at a later date. 

In honor of the card, we present a Babe Ruth Megamix, a compilation of interviews from April's celebration of the Hall of Famer, featuring interviews with the Babe Ruth Museum's Mike Gibbons, authors Jane Leavy and Tom Wolf, and Sports Collector Daily's Rich Mueller.