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The rare and uncommon Babe Ruth autographed baseball card.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Babe Ruth autographs are extremely rare, and a new pack of baseball cards might be the last place you would expect to find one. But that\u2019s what happened to a young collector in Evansville, Ind., after a trip to his local card shop.<\/p>\n

With school closed for President\u2019s Day, Evansville resident Bob Kenning got a call from his 12-year-old grandson, Keegan: \u201cHey Pawpaw, why don\u2019t we go to Hobby Den?\u201d The local shop deals in sports and trading cards. While Bob Kenning wasn\u2019t a collector as a child, telling Indiana station WFIE<\/a> that \u201cA lot of my cards wound up in my bicycle spokes to make my bike sound better,\u201d he\u2019s happy to share his grandson\u2019s hobby. Keegan estimates he has \u201cclose to 10,000 cards.\u201d<\/p>\n

It turned out to be their lucky day when they opened a pack and pulled the \u201cpriceless\u201d one-of-one card. David Nguyen, owner of The Hobby Den, was amazed by the find, pointing out that \u201cBabe Ruth signatures just aren\u2019t common in general.\u201d Nguyen opened the shop in 2020<\/a>, turning his hobby into a dream job after years of collecting, buying and selling cards. <\/p>\n

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Keegan and his card.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When it comes to value in baseball collectibles, there\u2019s not much that beats Babe Ruth. A rare 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth card sold for $1.6 million in 2024<\/a>. The same year, Ruth\u2019s \u201cCalled Shot\u201d New York Yankees jersey sold for $24.1 million<\/a>, a record price for sports memorabilia. <\/p>\n

But Keegan isn\u2019t planning to sell his card, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s just a once in a lifetime pull, and I probably will never get anything just like it.\u201d For him, the value is in the experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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