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Shoeless Moe
10-30-2018, 01:21 PM
Any thought to whether this was good or not?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1914-D-M-Baseball-Catalog-Owned-Signed-Autograph-by-G-H-Babe-Ruth-/264003596437?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137
Only 1 Ebayer took a chance but a veteran one (higher feedback rating) at that.
Bpm0014
10-30-2018, 01:29 PM
Zero chance that is real unfortunately.
SetBuilder
10-30-2018, 01:41 PM
What a waste of $400 (the catalog is scarce and is probably worth $100 or so).
Dpoolem3
10-31-2018, 12:05 PM
I noticed it was in pencil
forgers use pencils to create fake autographs on old paper because if you use ink the paper absorbs the ink differently than it would when it was new giving away tell tale signs it is a fake...pre-ball point pen by the masses
I have a Gehrig I bought in the mid 90's that is in pencil on a pic of him taken out of a Who's Who of Baseball...it looks great but I have my doubts of it being legit(who carries around a page from a book to get signed at a barnstorming game????)
SetBuilder
10-31-2018, 01:30 PM
forgers use pencils to create fake autographs on old paper because if you use ink the paper absorbs the ink differently than it would when it was new giving away tell tale signs it is a fake...pre-ball point pen by the masses
People repeat this like it's a concrete rule and it's not. It's very misleading.
Old paper doesn't always feather. New paper doesn't always not feather. It depends on the condition of the paper's surface coating, the viscosity of the ink, and if the ink is water based, alcohol based, oil based, etc.
thetruthisoutthere
10-31-2018, 06:23 PM
What a waste of $499.99!!!!
Selling forgeries on Ebay is actually easier than selling authentic autographs.
Look at this crap.
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w7imel
10-31-2018, 06:44 PM
looks like a kid was just practicing his autograph...I would have hated to pay 400 and than find out its garbage...I guess on bright side it was only 400 bucks.:(:(
Shoeless Moe
10-31-2018, 09:51 PM
That's 2 people now in this thread that have said it was "$400".
$499 is not $400, its $500.
khkco4bls
11-01-2018, 11:28 AM
0H, 500 then it was well worth it....
Stampsfan
11-01-2018, 12:52 PM
That's 2 people now in this thread that have said it was "$400".
$499 is not $400, its $500.
This is the same logic my wife uses when buying something.
David Atkatz
11-01-2018, 12:59 PM
The point was, if you read the OP. that the catalog itself is worth $100, so the "winner" is really only down $400.
Shoeless Moe
11-01-2018, 05:04 PM
Ah!
That's why this board needs a Professor, such as yourself.
My math is at the Larry Fine level.
Yuck. I could sign Ruth's signature better than that!!
Any thought to whether this was good or not?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1914-D-M-Baseball-Catalog-Owned-Signed-Autograph-by-G-H-Babe-Ruth-/264003596437?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137
Only 1 Ebayer took a chance but a veteran one (higher feedback rating) at that.
frankbmd
11-06-2018, 07:36 AM
Collins appears to be an eye witness of the autograph.