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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 18, 2019 at 7:29pm

The photos aren't sharp, which is a warning sign right there. I'd avoid this unless a strong authenticator saw it in person. The ball looks refinished. The autographs look printed. I wouldn't be surprised if it was an old ball with low-value names on it that were removed and printed versions of Ruth and Gehrig added.

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Permalink Reply by James on November 18, 2019 at 7:54pm

I agree with Steve.  This is definitely not authentic, and the signatures do seem to have been artificially applied.

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Permalink Reply by Danny Francis on November 19, 2019 at 7:19am

My thoughts, for the age of the ball the signatures are to crisp and clean. Thanks again. 

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on November 19, 2019 at 8:02am

I'm late to the party, but I agree with all observations made thus far and 1 more that I can add. I've seen these two signatures before. Verbatim. I don't even need to search for them, I remember them well. These two signatures have been "repatriated"/copied and transferred from two other sources.

The ball looks like it was chemically cleaned prior to their addition.

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Permalink Reply by ITguy1984 on November 19, 2019 at 8:50am

doesn’t look right to me. The baseball is correct to time period

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Permalink Reply by D R on November 19, 2019 at 12:17pm

It feels like one of those reproductions you see on Etsy.

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