Lot # 641: 1920 W519 Babe Ruth SGC GOOD 2

Graded GOOD 2 by SGC. Attractive example of New York Yankees Hall of Famer Babe Ruth (unnumbered) from the W519 strip-card series. This classic 1920-era strip-card issue consists of 10 cards, and Babe Ruth is unquestionably the key card. Originally issued in strips, these cards (and almost all strip cards) are often found with irregular borders as they were cut by hand from the strips, as intended. Only ideally cut examples (which are few and far between) are awarded numerical grades by SGC (and PSA). The offered example has a crisp portrait image of Ruth set against a dark blue background, honest corner wear, and centering toward the left. The blank reverse is mainly clean. Scattered creasing factors into the assigned grade. This is a very desirable example of one of Babe Ruth's most classic 1920s strip cards and one that would be an outstanding addition to any Ruth, strip-card, or prewar-card collection.