Owner of $500,000 Ruth card comes forward

BALTIMORE, June 30 (UPI) -- The owner of a $500,000 Babe Ruth rookie card on display in Baltimore has come forward after more than a year of searching thanks to a newspaper article.

The Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum said it has been searching for Glenn Davis for more than a year and he called the facility Tuesday after reading a Baltimore Sun article about the museum's search, the Sun reported Wednesday.

Museum officials said they began searching for Davis, who now lives in Bethany Beach, Del., after discovering the 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth rookie card has an estimated worth of $500,000.

"He told me if it were up to him, he'd leave the card with the museum," museum executive director Mike Gibbons said. "But he was going to talk to his wife about it, and he said his wife might have other ideas."

"He promised he'd get back to us by the end of the week with his decision," Gibbons said.