1948 Topps Magic Photo Babe Ruth #6

Cool card, I've never seen one before. Not sure if they're all like this but the image looks really faded to me. Also centering is off a little and there's some surface and corner wear.

A cool card I've never seen, but it just doesn't hold strong eye appeal for me.

A vero cool and historic piece. It's tough to enjoy the image since it's faint.

Image still viewable, edge smudges are noticed

just does not have a look a like and the smudge and other opportunities hold the card back

Faded and the borders look a bit dirty.

This has always been a fascinating set to me. It's Topps' first ever baseball issue, and it's also a big set at 252 cards. They are very small, also, at I believe 7/8 x 1-7/16 inches. These photo cards were "self-developing" like a Polaroid. Their natural state had blank fronts that you'd expose to sunlight to form the image. This example has a viewable image, with border smudges that impact eye appeal. Some can be found with a darker or higher contrast image. A significant and cool piece that fits into my C range on pure aesthetics.