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The much debated Ruth removed from the frame

Decided to start a new thread... Local memorabilia shop confirmed live ink and we removed it from the frame. It was processed in the mail in 1937 based on the reverse side. Took a few more photos before we packaged it up for JSA

the shop owner who’s been doing this for 40 years. “I strongly believe you got lucky as hell.”

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Permalink Reply by James on November 15, 2019 at 6:46pm

Besides the crossing of the t, isn’t the bottom of the B somewhat atypical in the index card example?

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on November 15, 2019 at 8:18pm

Yes. Not the typical flourish at the end of the "B".

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 16, 2019 at 7:54am

Woody,

After you said this in the Real Babe Ruth? discussion, I asked if you'd please post some of your Babe Ruths:

"Reply by Woody2Shoes on October 30, 2019 at 3:43pm

Don't sell your skills short. You saw something here that others didn't and you took the shot. It was a great call on your part. I don't normally search for Ruths. I've got them, I'm not in the market for one. If I was, and saw this for anything under $2000, I would have grabbed it. That means you can make it happen again because my belief is that you didn't simply get lucky. You made your own luck with a great eye for this. And you fished it out of a sea rife with fraud and forgeries. I'm impressed, and I don't get impressed easily."

I asked several times, but you never posted any of yours. In response, you started talking about Hauls of Shame and said that you had examples of their Ruths in your exemplar library.

Why won't you post some of them?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 16, 2019 at 8:00am

I remember the first several lines of that particular post for my own reasons, and I also wonder re where are the Ruths.

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Permalink Reply by ITguy1984 on November 19, 2019 at 12:56pm

In a new development....

When I had doubts about the authenticity I emailed the Ebay seller, who promised a refund if it was not authentic.. He then doubted the authenticity of two Marilyn Monroe's he received in the same auction, certed by Piece of the Past. He sent them in almost a full week after I sent the Ruth in for authentication. He received them both back today as being not authentic by JSA.

He emailed me today requesting the authenticity of the Ruth, to which I have not heard anything about yet. They haven't even shipped it back to me yet, they said they would email me when that was done.

What to make of it? It's another black eye for Kevin Martin and Piece of the Past. What does this mean for the Ruth and its taking much longer at JSA than the Marylin Monroe.. Hopefully that they taking more time to research it..