1933 Goudey Complete Set 108 Graded PSA SGC Ruth Gehrig 99% Complete 238/239...45% Graded VGEX+ 4.5 Average Start Price USD 27,999.99 Current Price USD 27,999.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, October 01, 2008 End Time Friday, October 31, 2008 Location Louisville, Kentucky See more about '1933 Goudey Complete Set 108 Graded PSA SGC Ruth Gehrig' Description Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 1933 Goudey Baseball Card 99% Complete Set. Missing only 1 card. (238/239)   Up for bid is hands-down the finest 1933 Goudey Set ever to be offered on EBay. 45% Graded with zero qualifiers and nothing graded below VGEX except two. Incredibly uniform offering with many of the graded cards appearing very strong for the grade. This offering, never seen on Ebay, gives the collector or investor the opportunity to obtain a carefully pieced together set in one shot.   With the housing crisis and today’s questionable economy now is the time to invest in alternative investments. True investment grade collectibles, baseball cards, coins and comic books have stood the test of time and are a true solid investments. This offering, a 1933 Goudey Set, is the undisputed 2nd most important baseball card set ever produced and one of the best investments one can make in the collectable market.   The 1933 Goudey set was the first set of baseball cards issued with bubble gum as well as The Goudey Gum Company’s first issue. It just so happens that the set  is Loaded with Hall of Fame players and Rookie Cards. There are a number of short-prints in this set; the first 40 cards and numbers 45-52, which are about twice as rare as the rest! It is widely considered to be complete without card #106 Lajoie SP as it was released in 1934 through mail redemption only and not to the general public through gum packs.   The cards measure 2-3/8" by 2-7/8" depicting full-color line drawings of the top baseball players of the day. All the cards included this set are 100% Authentic and Unaltered.   The undisputed list of the Top 3 Baseball Cards sets ever to be produced. 1.)1909-1911 T206 2.)1933 Goudey 3.)1952 Topps   Set Overall Condition Break Down All cards are primarily mid-grade and were hand picked one at a time for set consistency and overall eye appeal.           39% (EX or better)      47%  (VGEX - VGEX+)          13%  (Good+ - VG+)              1% (Poor-Good)   Total (238) Cards Included: (108 Graded) and (130 Non-graded). Missing only 1 card.   Graded Cards Absolutely loaded with Hall of Fame talent and Rookie Cards! This scarcely offered set of (239) cards includes 108 graded examples.   Overall Average of the Graded cards - 4.5 (VGEX+) (85) total PSA graded cards included (21) total SGC graded cards included (2) total BVG graded cards included PSA Graded Cards SGC Graded Cards Beckett Graded Cards (38)  PSA 4 (8)    SGC 5 (2)   BVG 4 (11)  PSA 4.5 (11)  SGC 4   (35)  PSA 5 (1)    SGC 3   (1)    PSA 5.5  (1)   SGC 1   (1)    PSA 1       Non-graded/Raw Cards (approximate condition breakdown for the non-graded cards) Overall Average of the non-graded cards included is (VGEX). (130) total non-graded cards included 5 EXMT or better 6 EX+ 38 EX 12 VGEX+/EX 36 VGEX 16 VG+/VGEX 16 VG 1 Good+ or less   Total (238) Cards Included. (108 Graded) and (130 Non-graded). Missing only 1 card.   GRADE   GRADE 1. Benny Bengough PSA 4 121. Walter Stewart PSA 4 2. Arthur (Dazzy) Vance PSA 4 122. Alvin Crowder EX 3. Hugh Critz VG/VGEX 123. Jack Russell PSA 4 4. Henry "Heinie" Schuble PSA 4 124. Earl Whitehill PSA 5.5 5. Floyd (Babe) Herman VGEX 125. Bill Terry PSA 4.5 6. Jimmy Dykes PSA 4.5 126. Joe Moore EXMT 7. Ted Lyons SGC 4 127. Melvin Ott EXMT 8. Roy Johnson VG 128. Charles (Chuck) Klein VGEX+ 9. Dave Harris PSA 5 129. Harold Schumacher SGC 5 10. Glenn Myatt EX 130. Fred Fitzsimmons EX 11. Billy Rogell VG 131. Fred Frankhouse VGEX 12. George Pipgrass VGEX 132. Jim Elliott EXMT 13. Lafayette Thompson PSA 4 133. Fred Lindstrom VG/VGEX 14. Henry Johnson PSA 4 134. Edgar (Sam) Rice VGEX+ 15. Victor Sorrell VGEX 135. Elwood (Woody) English VG/VGEX 16. George Blaeholder EX+ 136. Flint Rhem PSA 5 17. Watson Clark PSA 4 137. Fred (Red) Lucas VGEX 18. Herold (Muddy) Ruel EX 138. Herb Pennock PSA 5 19. Bill Dickey PSA 4 139. Ben Cantwell PSA 5 20. Bill Terry SGC 4 140. Irving (Bump) Hadley EXMT+ 21. Phil Collins EXMT 141. Ray Benge VG 22. Harold (Pie) Traynor PSA 4 142. Paul Richards SGC 5 23. Hazen (Ki-Ki) Cuyler PSA 5 143. Glenn Wright VGEX 24. Horace Ford VGEX+ 144. George Herman (Babe) Ruth SGC 3 25. Paul Waner VGEX 145. George Walberg VGEX+ 26. Chalmer Cissell VGEX+ 146. Walter Stewart VG/VGEX 27. George Connally PSA 4 147. Leo Durocher PSA 4 28. Dick Bartell VG 148. Eddie Farrell EX 29. Jimmy Foxx PSA 5 150. Ray Kolp VGEX 30. Frank Hogan EX 151. D'Arcy (Jake) Flowers EX 31. Tony Lazzeri PSA 4 152. James (Zack) Taylor EX 32. John (Bud) Clancy VG/VGEX 153. Charles (Buddy) Myer EX 33. Ralph Kress EX 154. Jimmy Foxx VGEX/EX 34. Bob O'Farrell EX 155. Joe Judge VGEX 35. Al Simmons EX 156. Danny Macfayden VG 36. Tony Thevenow VG 157. Sam Byrd EX 37. Jimmy Wilson VGEX/EX 158. Morris (Moe) Berg PSA 5 38. Fred Brickell VG 159. Oswald Bluege EX+ 39. Mark Koenig VG 160. Lou Gehrig SGC 1 40. Taylor Douthit VGEX 161. Al Spohrer PSA 4 41. Gus Mancuso EX 162. Leo Magnum PSA 5 42. Eddie Collins PSA 5 163. Luke Sewell PSA 4 43. Lew Fonseca EX 164. Lloyd Waner VG/VGEX 44. Jim Bottomley VG 165. Joe Sewell PSA 4 45. Larry Benton VGEX 166. Sam West PSA 4 46. Ethan Allen VG/VGEX 167. Jack Russell PSA 4 47. Henry "Heinie" Manush PSA 5 168. Leon (Goose) Goslin VG/VGEX 48. Marty McManus PSA 4 169. Al Thomas PSA 5 49. Frank Frisch PSA 4.5 170. Harry McGurdy PSA 4 50. Ed Brandt PSA 4 171. Charley Jamieson VGEX 51. Charlie Grimm PSA 4.5 172. Billy Hargrave PSA 5 52. Andy Cohen BVG 4 173. Roscoe Holm PSA 5 53. George Herman (Babe) Ruth PSA 4 174. Warren (Curley) Ogden VGEX/EX 54. Ray Kremer EX+ 175. Dan Howley PSA 5 55. Perce (Pat) Malone PSA 5 176. John Ogden PSA 4.5 56. Charlie Ruffing PSA 5 177. Walter French VGEX 57. Earl Clark PSA 4.5 178. Jackie Warner VG/VGEX 58. Frank (Lefty) O'Doul VG 179. Fred Leach PSA 5 59. Edmund (Bing) Miller EX 180. Eddie Moore SGC 4 60. Waite Hoyt PSA 4.5 181. George Herman (Babe) Ruth GOOD+ 61. Max Bishop VGEX 182. Andy High VGEX 62. "Pepper" Martin VG/VGEX 183. Goerge Walberg EX 63. Joe Cronin PSA 4 184. Charley Berry EX 64. Burleigh Grimes VG/VGEX 185. Bob Smith EX 65. Milton Gaston EX 186. John Schulte SGC 5 66. George Grantham BVG 4 187. Henry (Heinie) Manush SGC 4 67. Guy Bush PSA 4 188. Rogers Hornsby SGC 5 68. Horace Lisenbee PSA 5 189. Joe Cronin PSA 4 69. Randy Moore VGEX 190. Fred Schulte VG 70. Floyd (Pete) Scott PSA 4.5 191. Ben Chapman EX 71. Robert J. Burke PSA 5 192. Walter Brown EX 72. Owen Carroll VGEX 193. Lynford Lary VGEX 73. Jesse Haines SGC 4 194. Earl Averill PSA 5 74. Eppa Rixey VGEX 195. Evar Swanson VG 75. Willie Kamm EX 196. Leroy Mahaffey EX+ 76. Gordon (Mickey) Cochrane SGC 4 197. Richard (Rick) Ferrell PSA 4 77. Adam Comorosky VG+ 198. Irving (Jack) Burns PSA 4 78. Jack Quinn VGEX 199. Tom Bridges VGEX 79. Urban (Red) Faber VG/VGEX 200. Bill Hallahan EX 80. Clyde Manion PSA 4 201. Ernie Orsatti SGC 5 81. Sam Jones VGEX+ 202. Charles Leo (Gabby) Hartnett PSA 5 82. Dibrell Williams EX 203. Lonnie Warneke EX+ 83. Pete Jablonski EX 204. Jackson Riggs Stephenson VGEX 84. Glenn Spencer VGEX 205. Henry (Heinie) Meinie EX 85. John Henry "Heinie" Sand VGEX 206. Gus Suhr PSA 5 86. Phil Todt EX 207. Melvin Ott PSA 5 87. Frank O'Rourke EX 208. Byrne (Bernie) James VG+ 88. Russell Rollings PSA 5 209. Adolfo Luque PSA 4 89. Tris Speaker PSA 5 210. Virgil Davis PSA 5 90. Jess Petty PSA 4.5 211. Lewis (Hack) Wilson PSA 5 91. Tom Zachary PSA 4 212. Billy Urbanski PSA 5 92. Lou Gehrig VG+ 213. Earl Adams VGEX 93. John Welch PSA 5 214. John Kerr VGEX 94. Bill Walker EX 215. Russell Van Atta PSA 4 95. Alvin Crowder EX 216. Vernon Gomez SGC 4 96. Willis Hudlin EX 217. Frank Crosetti VGEX 97. Joe Morrisey VGEX 218. Wesly Ferrell VGEX+ 98. Walter Berger VG 219. George (Mule) Haas VGEX+ 99. Tony Cuccinello SGC 4 220. Robert (Lefty) Grove PSA 5 100. George Uhle SGC 4 221. Dale Alexander PSA 4 101. Richard Coffman VGEX 222. Charley Gehringer PSA 5 102. Travis C. Jackson PSA 4 223. Jerome (Dizzy) Dean VG+/VGEX 103. Earl Combs EX 224. Frank Demaree PSA 5 104. Fred Marberry VGEX+ 225. Bill Jurges VG/VGEX 105. Bernie Friberg VGEX 226. Charley Root VGEX 107. Henry (Heinie) Manush SGC 4 227. Bill Herman PSA 4 108. Joe Kuhel EX 228. Tony Piet VGEX 109. Joe Cronin PSA 5 229. Floyd Vaughan VG 110. Leon "Goose" Goslin PSA 4 230. Carl Hubbell PSA 4 111. Monte Weaver PSA 4 231. Joe Moore EX 112. Fred Schulte PSA 5 232. Frank (Lefty) O'Doul SGC 4 113. Oswald Bluege VG 233. Johnny Vergez EX+ 114. Luke Sewell VG 234. Carl Hubbell SGC 5 115. Cliff Heathcote EX 235. Fred Fitzsimmons EX 116. Eddie Morgan EX 236. George Davis PSA 5 117. Walter (Rabbit) Maranville PSA 4.5 237. Gus Mancuso PSA 4 118. Valentine J. (Val) Picinich SGC 5 238. Hugh Critz VGEX 119. Rogers Hornsby PSA 4.5 239. Leroy Parmalee SGC 5 120. Carl Reynolds VGEX 240. Harold Schumaker VGEX     Leading publications Estimated Values placed on the set (SMR) Sports Market Report Complete Set Value of 239 Cards VGEX    $29,095 VGEX+ $36,320 (estimated at the VGEX value plus 25%) EX         $51,710 EXMT   $74,990 NM        $128,880 NMMT  $398,300 MINT    $1,177,650   (SCD) 2008 Standard Catalogue (non-graded book value) NM :  $110,000 EX :   $37,500 VG :   $19,500   *Please note, most graded cards sell for a considerable amount more than their listed book value. Putting this set together, one at a time, in any condition would cost a minimum 15% over the listed price on average.  Auction Terms and Conditions 1.) Payment due within 7 Days of Auction’s close. 2.) If Paying through Paypal, you must have a Confirmed shipping address.     Paypal E-Checks are preferred.   3.) Payment may also be made is Cash. I will meet the winning buyer within 200 miles of Louisville, KY for a cash transaction only in a public facility.   4.) Package will be shipped USPS Registered Mail with signature confirmation and full insurance. Shipping and Insurance will be FREE.   5.)  Due to the size, value, enormous amount of 3rd party graded cards and my lengthy accurate description and large pictures, Returns are not accepted, All Sales are Final.   7.) Please ask any questions you may have before buying. Feel free to call 502-727-2921 or email direct to bucklercards@yahoo.com.   8.) Kentucky residents must add 6% sales tax                                   Place a Bid!