Auction home-run expected as 1914 Babe Ruth baseball card could sell for over $10 million
One of the rarest baseball cards in the world, a 1914 Baltimore News Orioles #9 Babe Ruth card, is expected to fetch over $10 million at auction, and could potentially shatter the current world record of $12.6 million paid for a 1952 Mickey Mantle card in 2022. The card being auctioned by an individual private collector shows a 19-year-old Babe Ruth , then playing for his hometown side, the long-gone Baltimore Orioles , who participated in the now-defunct International League. Strictly the card is a pre-rookie card, because the Orioles were a minor league team, so was issued before Ruth arrived in the major leagues . His step up didn’t take long though, George Herman Ruth - to give him his full name - only played in the minor leagues for three months before being snapped up by the Boston Red Sox. The 2 5/8″ x 3 5/8″ card, part of a set displaying player images on the front and a team schedule on the back, captures Ruth right at the start of his incredible career. It comes in tw...