Lou Gehrig Signed Baseball Opinions Please

[scyrkin]

If you know Lou Gehrig autographs, I'd appreciate your opinion on this ball please.

Thanks

[khkco4bls]

To me it looks like one of those aged facsimile balls

[daves_resale_shop]

I'm not a fan of this one...

Signature appears larger than it should be... The "u" is also complete, and it typically appears as an undotted "I" . Also something wonky going on over by the "rig"

I'd stay away...

[scyrkin]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

To me it looks like one of those aged facsimile balls

Thanks, Kevin.

[scyrkin]

Originally Posted by daves_resale_shop

I'm not a fan of this one...

Signature appears larger than it should be... The "u" is also complete, and it typically appears as an undotted "I" . Also something wonky going on over by the "rig"

I'd stay away...

Thanks for the input, Dave. I don't think the ball is on the market right now.

I'm getting input for a project I'm working on. I run Autograph Live and there are more vintage baseball collectors here than on our site.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

To me it looks like one of those aged facsimile balls

That's the first that popped in to my mind initially. The last part of Gehrig is a mess, but I also don't like the formation of letters in the ehrig part of last name.

[btcarfagno]

Looks a bit like a CC special to me. Certainly the ball and the "aging" do anyway. The signature is a bit better than those jagoffs produce. Not by much though.

Tom C

[joed25]

It is a forgery. Btw I once paid for a full year for your magazine and I got only two issues.

[scyrkin]

Originally Posted by joed25

It is a forgery. Btw I once paid for a full year for your magazine and I got only two issues.

I'm very sorry about that, Joed25. The company tried but couldn't survive with all the changes in magazines, dealers and the economy. I plan to launch a full online version in the next year, and subscribers with issues remaining will get it for no cost.

Have you been to Autograph Live? You can get more information and advice there than we offered in the magazine, and connect with some great collectors.

Thanks for your opinion on the Gehrig ball. I really appreciate it.

[scyrkin]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

Looks a bit like a CC special to me. Certainly the ball and the "aging" do anyway. The signature is a bit better than those jagoffs produce. Not by much though.

Tom C

Thanks for your input, Tom.

[David Atkatz]

A very poor forgery.

[scyrkin]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

A very poor forgery.

Thanks, David