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Long before Babe Ruth was slugging a record number of home runs with the New York Yankees, and even before his was a standout pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, The Babe played for the Orioles. See the VERY rare Babe Ruth rookie card with when he played for Baltimore.

Babe Ruth is the most famous baseball player of all-time. You recognize the name of Babe Ruth and know many of his baseball stats despite Ruth having left us 74 years ago! Most of Ruth's baseball accolades came as a member of the New York Yankees where he hit 659 of his then-record (and by far a record) 714 home runs. Before slugging homers, Ruth played for the Boston Red Sox and was a phenomenal pitcher. In 1916, Ruth won 23 games on the mound and had an ERA of 1.75. Did you know that Ruth was also a Baltimore Oriole? Ruth's first ever baseball card is with the Orioles! 

1914 BALTIMORE NEWS BABE RUTH ROOKIE CARD

There is Babe Ruth at just 19 years old. You can see the team on the bottom of the card listed as International League Balto. In 1914, Ruth signed with the minor league Baltimore Orioles team and on March 7th, 1914, Ruth played in his first professional baseball game. In his very first game, Ruth played short stop, pitched two innings, and hit a long home run. In July that season, Ruth was sold to the Red Sox as Baltimore was in financial trouble. Ruth's monthly salary was $100 and when sold to the Red Sox - imagine having to give up Ruth to save $100 a month. 

As Ruth was becoming the most famous player of all-time, he was being featured on many baseball cards such as the 1933 Goudey baseball cards. However, there is this VERY RARE true rookie card of Ruth that you see above when he was just a young man. In 1914, as an Oriole, Ruth debuted on the 1914 Baltimore News set. In total, 11 players are in the set. Each card measures 2-5/8" x 3-5/8" with the player on the front, and the team schedule on the back. There are two versions - red and blue. The card you see above has the red tint. One color contains the home schedule for the team and the other the away schedule. How rare is these Babe Ruth cards? Only about 10 are known to exist! PSA has only graded 3 and SGC has just 1 card on their report.

The value of the SGC-graded card in this photo is 6 MILLION dollars!

Now you know the very first card that Babe Ruth ever appeared on. You can use this as a trivia question; few people will know that Ruth was an Oriole! 

WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING

We have purchased many collections of Babe Ruth items. From baseball cards like the Yonkers Name Tag Collection to autographed Babe Ruth baseballs such as this ball that belonged to Ruth's Yankees teammate! If you have any Babe Ruth cards or autographs you're interested in selling, we would love to speak with you.

Just Collect is always buying vintage sports and non-sports cards from 1879 to 1979 as well as select modern cards. If you have a collection that you are considering selling, contact us today to discuss or get our industry-leading purchase offer. If you have a collection that you want to be appraised, please contact us and we would be happy to discuss your collection and help you understand the real cash value of your collection in the current marketplace. Check out the Just Collect Buy List.

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We offer many ways to evaluate your cards other than using our website, too.

• Come to the convention

We keep a LIST of the card shows we'll be attending.  Come stop by the Just Collect table and chat.

• Meet in-person

If you have a valuable collection and want us to come to you, we'll hop on the next plane out. We recently took a trip to California to purchase a collection that included three Jackie Robinson 1948 Leaf rookie cards that you can read about here.

• Meet in New York City

We have another location in New York you can meet us at; read all the information here.

• SHIP your collection 

If you choose to mail your cards for an appraisal, we will evaluate your cards for FREE still. If you choose not to sell the cards, we'll ship them back with shipping fees paid by us!  We can offer our FedEx account with 2-day shipping, fully insured, all covered by us. Simply contact the office to set up this option.

OUR BUYING PHILOSOPHY

We've run into a wide range of people and collections over the last 25 years. Although Just Collect is known for buying vintage sports cards and especially vintage baseball cards, we are also extremely interested in buying non-sports cards, too!  

Every collection and every collector is different and we treat EVERY collection with the respect and attention that we show for our own collections. We understand that many have put their heart and souls into building their collections. So when you're ready to sell, we understand the feelings that you're going through and will work with you to help you reach a decision that is a WIN/WIN, because if you're not happy, we're not happy.

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