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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: James Feagin
Just won this last night on ebay as I stumbled onto this at the last second. It was placed in a Billboard/Programs section, so not many folks saw this. Firstly, I would like to know if this is real? Secondly, if it is real a specific time period would be helpful. I know that Gehrig won the MVP in 1927 and 1936, is there anything on here that would indicate a specific year? Thirdly, if this is real, is such an advert rare or valuable and was there a specific style associated with such? Thanks! |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: jamie
authenticity? don't know but here's apparently where this item is from: |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: Mike H
Probably a repro. I see these and others on ebay and in antique malls frequently. |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: jamie
james, |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: James Feagin
I guess I'll send it to SGC |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: Patrick McHugh
October 29 1927 was a saturday, October 29 1936 was a thursday. 1927 is correct year. Do not know if it is real or not. |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: PC
James: the auction details for the reprint say the poster measures 16x11. The poster in the auction you won apparently measures 15x11. |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: James Feagin
Was this released only as a "paper" poster or could there have been both? |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: James Feagin
I finally got it in the mail today, I was expecting an obvious reprint, this daggone poster might be real! It measures a perfect 15x11", and it's actually a poster, not a piece of cardboard. The poster does not show signs of artificial aging, quite the opposite. The print is not glossy and has some "age spots" on the back. If it is a reprint, it is older. |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: Spencer
I need help! HA! |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: James Feagin
Any guidance on the 5 W's and 1 H I can get the paper dated on this. Is it cost prohibitive and how does one go about authenticating such a piece? Is anyone here familiar with a known original? |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: Jim Manos
Hopefully you did not pay much for it?? |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: Zach Rice
I would say it is fake as well. This image can easily be found and may even look good in person but scam artists have become so clever lately it is tough to tell with pieces like these. I recently purchased a piece that the only known image of it anywhere was put in a book and was an image about 2 inches tall and the one I bought was fake. Someone in the last few months, the book has only been out that long, had taken that little image out of the book and blown it up into the size of a poster over a foot tall, and they did a pretty good job with it too. I sent actual size scans of it to Rob Lifson who believed it to be authentic through the pictures but when in hand he could tell it was a reprint in seconds because of the paper stock. My poster also showed age spots and even fade from being in the sun and it was produced less than 6 months ago. If you want to know a difinitive answer on it's authenticity, send it to an expert. |
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Need Help Dating a Ruth/Gehrig Advert
Posted By: James Feagin
Thanks for your help. I didn't pay so much for it, so it will make a good office display piece anyway |
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