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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on July 24, 2016 at 3:50pm

I dont like the signature and he stopped using the quotation marks in Babe well before this 1930 post mark.

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Permalink Reply by James on July 24, 2016 at 3:59pm

Good call, Terrier. And very true about the quote marks.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on July 24, 2016 at 5:19pm

Terrier is 100% correct that after 1928, Ruth rarely put "Babe" in quotation marks but on occasions he would use quotation marks after this date. I once had a 1935 dated Christy Walsh birthday collage made for his son's 16th birthday and Ruth used quotation marks.

Since this envelope was addressed to Mr. "Babe" Ruth, it is very possible he would have used the quotation marks.

I'm not certain the autograph is authentic, but in my opinion, it could be and I would not automatically dismiss it.

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