1949 Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Ball - Looking for Opinions on Clubhouse Signatures
 

Hi All, looking for some opinions on this 1949 Dodgers ball I got in today. The two things that jumped out at me right away were potential clubhouse signatures on Shotten and Jackie Robinson, but truthfully I am not certain. It's only the second time I have pursued a Dodger ball as I struggle more with their clubhouse signatures. I don't think The Brow was in operation yet in 1949 (but I could be wrong), but I still know these 1940's Dodgers balls can be peppered with clubhouse signatures. Overall the ball is in stellar condition. Any thoughts or opinions are welcomed.

Jackie is definitely a clubhouse.

I would not go near that ball.

I am already near it as it is in my hand :-) Just trying to figure out exactly what I am dealing with here so I can tell the seller what the situation is.

OK, I'll say it since I think everyone else is thinking it...

I believe the ball is a complete clubhouse-style forgery. Not sure if it's The Brow's handiwork but all of the sigs seem to forced to be good. As Shelly said a buyer would be wise to stay away.

Thanks for the opinions everyone. It would be interesting for sure if it were a complete clubhouse style ball, as the earliest one I have found like that is from the fifties and fairly easily discernible. There are some traits that seem too precision of handwriting style on moderate names for clubhouse, ie the heavy handedness of the starting letters of Bruce Edwards signature which seem to be a common trait, and would ring more of a forgery than clubhouse but in hand it doesn't feel like a downright forgery. But there are definitely some that don't check out right, like Robinson, that if it were an outright forgery they would have been more careful with one would thin. If I believe the buyers story she has had it in their family since the mid eighties or so, unknown origin before that. Either way looks to be one that I should have just saved the time from getting involved with, however I always do love a good mystery.