I'm sorry, I know I should have submitted this back in the November thread, but I wanted to make sure it got fully authenticated by multiple sources before I made a fool of myself on the board. First off, this is not something I would have normally done, but because everyone makes so much fun of CC, I decided to go over there and pick a few "really bad" examples to discuss. While I was over there, I saw a "very nice" Ruth/Gehrig ball that was too good to be true (and of course, it had a bid of $250 with a few days to go). Knowing it couldn't be good, but wanting to play a prank on my buddy, I bid $400 and won it. When it arrived, I started looking at it and felt that if it was a fake, it was one of the best that I had seen. With PSA being just up the road, I took a full series of pictures of it and drove it up to them myself. The next thing I'm going to tell you just about floored me...it came back as authentic. Now, I know there has been some debate about some of the 3rd party authenticators, and just to play safe, and armed with PSA's authentication, I had my insurance company write it in to my policy and then I submitted it to JSA...and yes, it came back as authentic as well. By now I had now doubts, but I wanted to check with one other person...a person on this board who is VERY respected. I sent him as many pictures as possible...all angles and close ups. He told me that he would have to see the ball in person, but based on the pictures and the info provided that it indeed looked good to him.
My poor buddy doesn't even know what he might have got by mistake.
I'm not sure what to do next. I would love to keep this in my collection but I think I would get too much at auction. I think I'll have to sleep on this awhile
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