Babe Ruth Sanella Baseball Card

CIRCA - 1932 1933
MANUFACTURER - Sanella Margarine
SIZE - 2 3/4" x 4 1/8"
PRICE GUIDE -
Babe Ruth - $100.00-$200.00
Japanese Player $5.00-$10.00
in EX -NM condition

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NOTES:

The 1932-1933 Sanella Margarine Babe Ruth baseball card is one of two Baseball related cards featured in the “Handbuch des Sports” a German "Sports Manual." The other card an unidentified Japanese player, through some research can possibly be Nobuo Kura, a Japanese catcher that is also featured in the JBR 48 1934 Tour of Japan set. The text at the top of the unknown Japanese player card is roughly translated to: "Japanese Baseball Coach on the field"

The two cards that measure 2-3/4" x 4-1/8" were part of a 112 sports card set depicting athletes of different sports from around the world. One card was given away with the purchase of a half pound of Sanella Margarine or a full set was made available in an album titled “Handbuch des Sports” that could be ordered through the mail. The Back of the full color graphics, thin paper stock cards were printed in German, and were attached to pages of the album. Many are found with the remnants of glue that held them to the page. The Graphics used for the Babe Ruth card was from a photo taken in 1926.

There are three types of backs for the Babe Ruth card. Type 1 - The Sanella brand name is towards the center. Type 2- The Sanella Brand name is closer to the bottom, with 4 lines of text below it. Type 3 - Is identical to type 2, but has a line of reference to the page number 83, above the words "Handbuch des Sports" towards the top. The Babe Ruth Card is one of several foreign baseball cards issued during his playing career.

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Babe Ruth Sanella Baseball Card Back	Unidentified Japanese Baseball player (Nobuo Kura?)	Back of Japanese Catcher Sanella Baseball Card

Handbuch des Sports card album	Babe Ruth Sanella card attached to album page 83	Babe Ruth Sanella Baseball Card in album

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