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High-end cards of baseball sluggers Babe Ruth, Aaron Judge headline REA June auction
We’re still a month away from the midseason MLB All-Star break and slugger Aaron Judge already has 26 home runs—halfway to his league-leading 56 a year ago.
Judge’s 341 career home runs and record-breaking, single-season totals have drawn comparisons to Babe Ruth, the greatest baseball slugger of all time.
How does Judge and Ruth compare on the sports card market?
We’re about to find out.
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The June Monthly Auction at REA, which opened June 12 and runs through June 22, is headlined by a classic Bambino gem and a modern, rookie refractor of Judge, the current game’s biggest slugger.
The 1933 R338 Sport Kings #2 Babe Ruth PSA NM 7 is very difficult to find in a high grade and is expected to attract big bids among vintage card collectors.
By comparison, Judge’s 2013 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks & Prospects Autographs #BCA-AJ Aaron Judge Refractor PSA MINT 9 features a GEM MINT 10 autograph that should inspire Yankees fans and modern baseball card collectors.
Ruth is also featured on another auction headliner: a 1935 4-on-1 Exhibits Babe Ruth PSA GOOD 2 that features the Babe with three Boston Braves teammates in what was the final year of his career,
Other vintage baseball gems include PSA 7 examples of Hank Aaron’s 1954 Topps rookie, Bob Gibson’s 1959 Topps rookie, and a 1953 Topps Willie Mays.
REA also has a nice vintage vs. modern football card comparison as well with an SGC 8 example of Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham’s 1950 Bowman rookie card and a 2020 Panini Prizm Football #343 Jalen Hurts Rookie Gold Vinyl #1/5 PSA MINT 9.
“This is the time of year when everyone’s looking forward to the National and excitement about the hobby builds up before we all gather in Chicago. This auction is a great precursor to that event with a tremendous assortment of cards and memorabilia for our bidders to choose from,” REA President Brian Dwyer said.
Other key items in the auction include:
