Ruth Auto help.........

[teetwoohsix]

Just wondering if anyone with expertise in this area could give me some opinions/input on this Ruth auto........looks like a really cool item,but I'm afraid to use my own judgement on this.I emailed the place and got no response.Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,Clayton

www.saharacoins.com/product-p/br_photo_01.htm

[FUBAR]

to me it looks good, but like yourself, i am not an expert.

[David Atkatz]

No good.

You can't buy a decent cut signature for $750; they go for three times that.

[FUBAR]

while i agree David that this is too cheap,

some people do not know the value of a signed piece, it is from a coin dealer after all. How many of them are experts in 1920-30's signed photos. Could be just a good deal.

[teetwoohsix]

I did think it was pretty cheap,but wasn't sure........I appreciate the input guys.

Sincerely,Clayton

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

while i agree David that this is too cheap,

some people do not know the value of a signed piece, it is from a coin dealer after all. How many of them are experts in 1920-30's signed photos. Could be just a good deal.

I didn't conclude it's bad because of the price (although I do see how, based on my post, you might think that); it's bad because it wasn't Ruth that wrote it.

And make no mistake: This guy's a professional coin dealer. He makes money by buying coins from people who don't know what they're worth. He's not going to sell anything himself without researching values.

[william_9]

That's not Babe Ruth in the photo either.

[J.McMurry]

William 9 beat me to it. I dont think that's even a pic of the babe.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by william_9

That's not Babe Ruth in the photo either.

Was about to say the same thing.

[sago]

The "a" in Babe and the "h" in Ruth are the dead giveaways to me in this sig. Def not good.