Signatures of the Icons Ep. 1: Babe Ruth's Signed 1933 Goudey ($1.46M)

AI-hosted episode · November 4, 2026 · 13 min

This is an AI-hosted episode. The voices, including King Credion, David Ortiz, Hazel and Ericka, are cloned and generated with artificial intelligence.

King Credion is an AI character, and his voice is generated with artificial intelligence. This is the listener version of Signatures of the Icons: A Credabilia Docuseries.

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A 1933 Goudey #181 Babe Ruth card, hand-signed by the Bambino, sold for $1,464,001 at Goldin in February 2026, the highest public sale ever for a signed vintage card. King Credion explains why this card commands a fortune and how PSA/DNA, JSA and Beckett authenticate signatures. He also covers why the $24.12M "called shot" jersey carries no signature, then follows Ruth's life from a Baltimore boys' school to 714 home runs, the documented controversies, and his death in 1948.

Chapters (approximate): 00:00 Series intro 00:27 The $1.46 million signature 00:58 Welcome to Signatures of the Icons 01:21 The item: 1933 Goudey #181, signed 03:38 Why it's worth so much 04:53 Authentication: ink, letterforms, provenance, grading 07:00 The icon's rise 08:33 Headlines and controversy 10:10 Legacy and passing 11:34 King Credion's verdict 12:30 Outro

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Music: "Impact Prelude", "Long Note Two", "Lasting Hope" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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