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Opinions on this Lou Gehrig?

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Permalink Reply by JK on December 6, 2021 at 7:02am

Interesting. This latest example looks more consistent between the message and address.

The original card looks as though the message and address were not done at the same time (ink flow/boldness) but could either have been done by different people or the same person, at different times (pre-written messages with addresses added later).

And if the top one is fake, is the postmark also fake? Or did someone start with an original mailed postcard that did not have a message and then add one to match letter styles? So much to consider....

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 6, 2021 at 7:07am

Cards can be "washed". I've seen it a lot with supposed Titanic postcards.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 6, 2021 at 8:44am

This slabbed example has a smoothness and flow the questioned example does not have. The questioned example has a bit of a ragged and hesitant feel based on what I can see in the relatively small image.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on December 6, 2021 at 7:03am

Bryan,

If you send that to Beckett for an online opinion it almost certainly will be shown to Steve Grad. Grad is the world's best vintage baseball authenticator in my opinion, and in the opinions of many others.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 6, 2021 at 7:08am

Think about this from a logical perspective...

* What are the odds Gehrig is going to write that long dedication on a postcard and NOT personalize it?

* The card was mailed from New Mexico on December 17. Would Gehrig be in NM? And if he was, would he be answering fan mail?

I'd be surprised if this was real. In my opinion it's more likely this is an "item of convenience." In other words, a cheap post card from a flea market the forger used because it was around at the time Gehrig **could** have signed it.