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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 10, 2019 at 7:34pm

The boxing is probably no better. The sellers almost certainly knew the Babe was bogus.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on January 13, 2019 at 2:32pm

Second request for an image of the entire page that bears this signature.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on January 12, 2019 at 11:04am

Can you post an image of the entire pages bearing the Ruth signature?

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Permalink Reply by Ben K on January 13, 2019 at 2:49pm

Sorry for the late reply, Woody! Please see the entire pages here: 

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Permalink Reply by James on January 13, 2019 at 5:08pm

That tape residue looks like it could be from the time period.  Could it have been taped somewhere by someone wanting to show off their in-person Ruth?  Just an idea I’m throwing out there even though it’s probably not real.  It also seems like an odd thing to do a forgery on.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on January 12, 2019 at 4:12pm

I agree with the other opinions, not likely genuine. It just looks a little off even for a rushed example.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on January 13, 2019 at 5:15pm

Yep. If there was even a glimmer of hope, I wanted to reserve judgment until I saw the whole, and therein lies the compounded problem not only of awkward characters, whether because of rushed, unstable platform, etc., but placement and the opportunity for better areas to sign is another problem. Before he started to sign it, Ruth would have known that his sig wouldn't fit there and with plenty of other open areas to sign that allow a full, uninterrupted signature, just like the margin, likely would have chosen a different spot.

Chances of it being authentic = very remote to none.

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