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Ebay Seller Papamino Babe Ruth Autographed Baseball Laughable Forgery COA Academy Of Manuscript And Autograph, LLC Have To Read This!!!

When first saw this on Ebay, I laughed my butt off.

Check out the below Babe Ruth forgery on a baseball listed by Ebay seller Papamino.

The COA is from AMA (Academy Of Manuscript And Autograph).

When I first read the auction, my first thought was "This is one of those Babe Ruth secretarial-signed Sinclair Contest baseballs."

Then it dawned on me!!!!

Some moron actually forged a "Babe Ruth Secretarial-Signed Sinclair Contest" signature.

This is hilarious!!!

And EBay seller Papamino has their hilarious Babe Ruth forgery listed at $9,500.00 or Best Offer.

First, a photo of a true "Babe Ruth Sinclair Baseball" with the secretarial signature.

Below is the ridiculous listing by Ebay seller Papamino.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-Babe-Ruth-single-signed-game-ball-AMA-...

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Permalink Reply by James on January 20, 2015 at 7:49pm

Yes, Christopher, this is a ridiculous attempt to sell a Sinclair Ruth as an authentic Ruth. I started a discussion about this same eBay listing earlier today. Here's a link:

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/babe-ruth-secretaria...

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Permalink Reply by James on January 20, 2015 at 7:55pm

Is this a forgery or actually a Sinclair trying to be passed off as authentic? The Academy of Manuscript and Autograph is hilarious. The owner goes on about his brilliant training, including a stint with the Cuban Secret Service. He must have helped to authenticate Fidel's vast autograph empire. :0)

By the way, I didn't know who you were for a long time, but I've enjoyed your videos on YouTube!

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on January 21, 2015 at 4:00am

Thank you, James, for the compliment.

I don't think this is a "Sinclair Baseball."

Just some moron who forged a "Babe Ruth" secretarial.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on January 21, 2015 at 3:43am

Sorry, James, I was not aware of your thread.

Ridiculous auction, isn't it.

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Permalink Reply by James on January 21, 2015 at 5:39am

Not a problem, Christopher. You do a much more thorough job than I do anyway. Great work!

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Permalink Reply by Bryan on January 20, 2015 at 8:38pm

It doesn't even say anywhere on the coa that the signature is authentic. Just gives it a grade. Its merely a graded forgery

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on January 21, 2015 at 3:11am

Here is a Cy Young that comes with that COA. Auction ends today.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291354746278?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&am...

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on January 21, 2015 at 3:46am

You're right, Bryan.

Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by James on January 21, 2015 at 10:29am

There is actually also a " Letter of Authentication" with it. Just click on the pic below.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on January 21, 2015 at 4:01pm

Nice work, James!!!

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Permalink Reply by James on January 21, 2015 at 5:24pm

You're the man, Christopher. Keep going after those forgers and the illegitimate "authenticators"! Academy of Manuscript and Autograph cracks me up. It's such a high-brow sounding name (you know...real academic sounding, ha ha), without any substance a la Morales. What a joke. Unfortunately, many times newbies are drawn to crap like that.