A rare, 91-year-old Babe Ruth card that once sold for a penny could fetch more than a million dollars on the auction block this month, as a coveted piece of baseball history goes up for grabs.

The 1916 Ruth is expected to fetch a small fraction of The Baltimore News “first” card despite being more highly graded (PSA 3.5, or Very Good-Plus). Both will have been sold by REA. The starting bid on the 1916 “true rookie” is $150,000 and, given the rarity of the Morehouse backing, the estimated sale price, according to Dwyer, is $500,000.

It's a card so rare, featuring a player so iconic, that even The Smithsonian has one in their collection. But on Friday morning, a copy of the card -- a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #149, in even better cond

A rare, 91-year-old Babe Ruth card that once sold for a penny could fetch more than a million dollars on the auction block this month, as a coveted piece of baseball history goes up for grabs. The 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth card is expected to sell for between $1.