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You Can Hold a Babe Ruth Game-Used Bat at the 2023 National

Photo-Op of a Lifetime at the National Sports Collectors Convention

July 13, 2023

You have heard legendary stories on how heavy the bat Babe Ruth would swing as he knocked his 714 career home runs out of the park was. Perhaps you've seen a Ruth bat behind the glass at the Baseball Hall of Fame, dreaming of picking up the historic piece of lumber. Your chance to actually pick up and HOLD a Babe Ruth game-used bat is going to happen at the National!

The World Series of Baseball Cards is just a few days away. The 2023 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago is shaping up to be an all-time event. The show of shows! We are going to be at the National in the Just Collect booth #2102 buying collections and offering rare, vintage cards for sale. If you've ever dreamed about owning a card, an autograph, or a piece of memorabilia, it will be at the National. Last year, the 12.6 million-dollar 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card was on display as was the "last" touch down ball thrown by Tom Brady. This year, you have an incredible opportunity - you can hold a game-used Babe Ruth baseball bat!

Babe Ruth Bat

Babe Ruth is the most famous baseball player of all-time. The Babe hasn't stepped on a baseball field since May 30th, 1935, but you know his name. If you have never watched a single baseball game, you still recognize the name of Babe Ruth. We are always buying Babe Ruth baseball cards here at Just Collect. We recently discovered and purchased a collection of over 800 cards from the 1930's included 22 different cards from Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Just Collect has proudly purchased a baseball signed by both Ruth and Gehrig that was owned by their former Yankees teammate! If you're at the National and are interested in selling or purchasing a Babe Ruth card, we can't wait to see you at booth #2102.

After you see us at Just Collect, you'll want to head over to booth #1108 and see our friends at Memory Lane Inc. Between 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Thursday-Sunday, you have the opportunity to game-used Babe Ruth bat from the 1922 season! The National just posted the info on their Facebook that you can see HERE. The Baseball Hall of Fame posted that a Babe bat weighs 38 ounces. The weight not seem much, but Yankees slugger and American League home run record holder, Aaron Judge, uses a bat that weighs 33 ounces. Judge is 6'7" and weighs 282 pounds. Oh. My. You can bet that we will be trying to lift the Babe's bat at the National!

Ruth Bat

WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING

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 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.

We always offer a FREE APPRAISAL for your collection here at the Just Collect site. Just click here:

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

Travel to Us

If you can make the trip here like the son from my hometown did for this collection- we can make a deal at the office. We once met a father-son duo that drove eight hours from Virginia to meet us to sell a Michael Jordan rookie card stored in Tupperware since 1986 - great read here.

Come to convention

We keep a LIST of 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.

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 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.