View Full Version : Home Run Baker Help Needed Please
jdl7860
03-04-2013, 12:36 PM
What do yall think? I bought this from a local dealer before I joined here. It looked o.k. compared to others that I found. How did I do?
dgo71
03-04-2013, 03:54 PM
I'm by no means an expert on Baker, but just from the appearance of the scan it looks almost like a stamp. Not saying it is, but it has that look to it.
jgmp123
03-04-2013, 04:13 PM
Here is my Baker for comparison...
RichardSimon
03-04-2013, 04:48 PM
I wouldn't buy this one with Shelly's money.
HRBAKER
03-04-2013, 05:05 PM
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/hrbaker/DSC02718.jpg
It definitely is not stamped as you can see the overlaps in the ink, however I do not think it is authentic either. Stamped signatures will have more of a "squished out" ink look from when it is pressed down. This one doesn't have any flow to it like an authentic example should.
jdl7860
03-05-2013, 08:49 AM
Thanks!
It was one of those "too good to be true" deals. I'm learning.
RichardSimon
03-05-2013, 09:00 AM
A Baker signed plak is a highly desirable item.
It will probably never be for sale at a too good to be true price.
Please, think before you buy.
Purchases like this are enablers. They keep the forgers in business.
Runscott
03-05-2013, 11:20 AM
That was scary. I just sold a Baker autograph on ebay that looked nothing like this one.
What's even more disturbing is the Baker image on the postcard - think it might be Jack Barry? <=== if you don't get it, I understand.
thetruthisoutthere
03-05-2013, 04:29 PM
What do yall think? I bought this from a local dealer before I joined here. It looked o.k. compared to others that I found. How did I do?
"It looked ok?"
Mr. Zipper
03-05-2013, 05:41 PM
Here is my Baker for comparison...
I noticed many of the examples are signatures cut from checks. Was this done by the family or by a dealer?
... checks cut up. :(
HRBAKER
03-05-2013, 05:48 PM
I noticed many of the examples are signatures cut from checks. Was this done by the family or by a dealer?
... checks cut up. :(
My understanding (maybe just lore) is that his wife would honor collector's requests after his passing by cutting a signature off of a check.
RichardSimon
03-05-2013, 05:53 PM
My understanding (maybe just lore) is that his wife would honor collector's requests after his passing by cutting a signature off of a check.
I believe that is the correct story.
David Atkatz
03-05-2013, 07:11 PM
His wife cut up the checks. I received a number of Baker cuts from her in the mid-sixties. (I loved his "old-fashioned" looking handwriting.)
HRBAKER
03-05-2013, 08:57 PM
I agree with David, I like the neat penmanship. Here is a scan of a photocopy of my 3x5 bought from Bill Corcoran back in 1997. Best I can do, can't scan the original as it is framed up. I dug it out of an old file of receipts, found a few from Richard Simon in there!
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/hrbaker/AUTOS/baker001_zpsefc42f7e.jpg