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1920 W520 #13 Babe Ruth Hand Cut PSA 2 Good – POP 1; Only 3 PSA Examples Graded Higher!
1ST YEAR YANKEES RUTH!!! The 1920 W520 strip card set consists of 20 subjects, and this PSA 2 Good Babe Ruth #13 keepsake resides as the sole specimen at this plateau with a mere three examples graded higher! The remaining 18 PSA encapsulated copies are graded Authentic due to manual hand cuts encroaching on the lines of the factory-issued strips. What is intriguing about this issue is that the Ruth throwing pose reveals the Bambino throwing right-handed! Indeed, the W520 #13 Ruth strip portrays a reverse-negative image of the Babe, and that feature, as well as this offering residing as one of Ruth's few known 1920 inaugural Yankees issues, places it as a bona fide keeper in any revered Ruthian collection. Ruth would clout 54 homers that season, taking the initial steps in revolutionizing baseball via his mammoth dingers while saving our national pastime in lieu of the tragic Black Sox scandal!

MIN BID $500
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