Babe Ruth Rookie Card 1914 Baltimore News Nets $7.2 Million

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A highly coveted 1914 Babe Ruth rookie card, showcasing the baseball legend at 19 years old with the Baltimore Orioles hit the auction block. It narrowly missed the $7.25 million paid for a T206 Sweet Caporal Honus Wagner card in August 2022. 16-year-old Baltimore paperboy named Archibald Davis collected baseball cards of his favorite Orioles In 1914 - then an International (minor) League side -- distributed in daily papers. He was fond of one depicting a 19-year-old pitcher born on Emory St. named Ruth. This is that card.

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