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Permalink Reply by Dave on November 25, 2013 at 9:07pm

Any responses?

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Permalink Reply by Dave on November 26, 2013 at 1:07pm

Thanks for your response. What do you think its worth? It does have another autograph on it.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on November 28, 2013 at 5:26am

Autographed Babe Ruth Official American League Baseball from 1929. Ball history will be presented only to buyer. This is a family passed item. Additional signature on ball from the President, Eastern League of Professional Baseball Clubs, John H. Farrell (1923-1929). PSA/DNA Authentication information

PSA/DNA Letter of Grading Authenticity:
Grade Certification - 82003466
Autograph Certification - H41986
Overall Grade - 5
Autograph(s) Grade - 6
Baseball Grade - 4

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Permalink Reply by Dave on December 20, 2013 at 6:44pm

Ok. Please share with me what you think of this one, authentic? Value?


Babe Ruth And Lou Gherig Dual Autographed Baseball !

http://m.ebay.com/itm/141139871343?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1

Ok. Please share with me what you think of this one, authentic? Value?


Babe Ruth And Lou Gherig Dual Autographed Baseball !

http://m.ebay.com/itm/141139871343?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 28, 2013 at 8:10am

I do not proclaim to be an expert on Ruth signatures, partly because I question which of the styles that have been authenticated over the years, are actually authentic.  Hauls of Shame has written several articles about this.   However, I will say that one thing that bothers me a lot about this example, is the relative size of the capital B vs the R in Ruth.  It is highly unusual to see the B half the size of the R, as it is in this example.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on November 28, 2013 at 2:53pm

So you think PSA is wrong? What do you think its worth? Keep in mind it has 2 signatures. Description says "family passed item"

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Permalink Reply by Dave on November 28, 2013 at 4:25pm

I greatly appreciate your insight. It makes me wonder if there really are any authentic Babes.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on November 28, 2013 at 4:49pm

Are you stating you believe 95% of JSA and PSA/DNA authenticated Ruth autographs are not authentic?

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Permalink Reply by Randy on November 28, 2013 at 6:02pm

Understood.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on November 28, 2013 at 4:51pm

There are plenty of authentic Ruth autographs. He probably signed well over 100,000 autographs during his lifetime.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on November 28, 2013 at 4:57pm

Just a shame that there is no 100% way to know for sure. I'd be very upset paying anything and finding out it was fake. If you can't trust PSA. JSA, who can you?

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Permalink Reply by Randy on November 28, 2013 at 5:14pm

They do this for a living and have years of experience and a library of authentic exemplars. The top authenticators, Jimmy Spence for JSA, and Steve Grad for PSA/DNA sign off on any high dollar autograph before it gets certified.

Obviously, there aren't a lot of people still living who got Ruth's autograph in person because he has been dead for 65 years so anyone who got him in person and could remember it would be in their 70's.

I have no problem with this Ruth signature and believe it is fully authentic. Certainly there were plenty of secretarial Ruth autographs during his day but none are even close to his autograph and are easily detectable as not authentic.

If I were you and I didn't trust the two 3rd party authenticators who are accepted by every major auction house in the US, I would not be in the market for a Ruth autograph. Having both of them sign off on one is better than just one but the liklihood of one authenticating and the other rejecting the same item is not very high.

Do they make mistakes? Yes. This is not a science.

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