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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 21, 2018 at 10:48am

It's close enough to real that it's beyond my pay grade. I usually only give opinions on ones I think are definitely fake.

Possible value, roughly $2,500 unauthenticated and $4,000-$5,000 for BAS/JSA/PSA. 

Got a link?

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Permalink Reply by chris boudreau on June 21, 2018 at 10:56am

http://www.iconicauctions.com/Babe_Ruth___Lou_Gehrig_Impressive_Dua...

Thanks Steve.  It is encapsulated by psa, but one can’t be careful enough.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 21, 2018 at 11:05am

Thanks, Chris. Yes, it's always good to get more opinions.

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Permalink Reply by James on June 21, 2018 at 12:29pm

I think this is likely authentic.  I’ve noticed that it appears as though Babe Ruth would often sign a bit differently on paper from how his baseball autographs appear...or is that just my imagination?  But it just seems that way to me anyway.

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Permalink Reply by John Spillane on June 21, 2018 at 12:33pm

The Gehrig looks spot on. The Babe Ruth, I'm not quite there yet as being able to tell the difference between a good one and a bad one. But from what I can see, it looks alright.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on June 21, 2018 at 7:21pm

I've posted threads on the below Ebay seller Baseballcardsandcollectibles.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOU-GEHRIG-BABE-RUTH-Signed-1927-New-York-...

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Permalink Reply by chris boudreau on June 21, 2018 at 8:16pm

Thanks. Certainly makes we wonder even more now if it’s real.  

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 21, 2018 at 8:22pm

The eBay seller Chris pointed out is calling his a reprint. I don't know if he's always done that or not, but it's definitely a copy of the one you're interested in.

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Permalink Reply by chris boudreau on June 21, 2018 at 8:29pm

I checked the listing out and saw that.  They have several replica autos for sale.  I would guess that the one I like is definitely not a replica. 

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on June 22, 2018 at 4:58am

Yes, that seller sells both forgeries (Florida forgeries) and reprints.

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