Lot # 1111: 1933 R305 Tattoo Orbit Burleigh Grimes (HOF) - SGC VG 3

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 14 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Summer, 2024 Premier Auction",
which ran from 9/12/2024 4:00 AM to
9/28/2024 9:00 PM



Also known as R305, Tattoo Orbit cards were released by a subsidiary of Wrigley's Chewing Gum and feature a somewhat garish design. The R305 is one of the tougher and still overlooked issues from the gum era, despite its fanciful name and impressive amount of Hall of Famers among its 60 cards. Tattoo Orbits do not come up all that often which is a real shame as the colorful, almost cartoony images are quite pleasing.

Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes is the subject of this example which is centered just slightly south on the canvas. Grimes holds his glove in front of his face to prepare to throw his famous spitball in the foreground of the image, while a colorful baseball field and a bright red sky behind it makes up the background. Corners and edges are consistent with the grade, while some light soiling - particularly evident on the reverse - keeps this one from grading even higher than it already has.

SGC has only ever graded 23 total examples of this R305 Tattoo Orbit, with only fifteen receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes.