Of the four times Babe Ruth appears in the 1933 Goudey set, the #53 is the one collectors call the Yellow Ruth — a portrait set against a field of bright yellow.

It shares its artwork with the #149; the two are separated only by the color behind him. Of the quartet, this is the one that turns up clean the least often.

The toughest of the four Goudey Ruths in high grade.

Where the flagship #144 catches him mid-swing, this is the still portrait — the Bambino at rest, in color, from the set that opened the modern gum-card era.