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.
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