Thoughts on authenticity and value? Vintage Dodgers letter with Robinson, Campanella, Newcombe, etc

Found a pretty cool piece, on a Dodgers letterhead dated June 1949...i'm interested in it, but curious to get some feedback..first on authenticity.  It's been looked at by JSA, and of the 20+ signatures on it, more than half were deemed "clubhouse"...those that are deemed authentic include Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Don Newcombe, PeeWee Reese.   I'm interested in it mostly for these guys, though I would have liked the Gil Hodges to be authentic too.   Does everyone agree that the ones deemed authentic, really are?  And if so...what is a piece like this worth?   next to some names there are x's and "gone" written in pencil...not sure what that means...but could take away from it's value....

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Randy on March 19, 2014 at 5:24pm

The keys, Robinson and Campy look good. Reese is also authentic. Some are definitely clubhouse as Furillo and Hodges are for sure.

Spence is the top guy on Dodgers from this era so I would trust him on these.

As to value, I think having all the clubhouse signatures on there with the key authentic signatures really hurt it.

No way to cleanly remove the keys for individual cuts without really making them wacky so I wouldn't want it unless it was really cheap but with Campy and Robinson deemed authentic probably around $700 would be a decent price for it in my opinion but my guess is the seller will want much more.

Normally, that would be a decent price for a cut Robinson so basically everything else authentic would be a throw in.

Permalink Reply by David S on March 19, 2014 at 6:39pm

Hi Randy, Thanks for your reply and insight, i appreciate it....

Some more info...the complete list of sigs deemed authentic are:  Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Carl Furillo, Don Newcombe, B. Edwards, G. Hermanski, M. McCormick, J. Jorgensen, & R. Barney.

However, i will need to see the letter from JSA to confirm this...

Permalink Reply by Randy on March 19, 2014 at 7:01pm

The Furillo looks way off but I am comparing it to later signatures. I don't have any very early exemplars on him and Jimmy knows these guys well so if indeed he deemed it authentic, I would trust him.

I just always hate having clubhouse signatures on a nice piece whether a ball or in this case a letter.

Permalink Reply by David S on March 19, 2014 at 7:25pm
I agree, the clubhouse/secretarials ruin what would be a great piece, but if it was a decent price I may still consider.
Permalink Reply by Randy on March 19, 2014 at 7:47pm

I agree. Having a legitimate Robinson and Campanella makes it worth a shot if reasonable. Good luck with it.

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