Ted Williams auto?

[Wihawk]

I thought I'd take a chance on this one. Do any of you experienced auto collectors feel its legit? Thank you very much for any comments.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_3205wt_950

[slidekellyslide]

Isn't that a card pulled from an UD pack? I would think you're pretty safe with that although I think I read somewhere that his son John Henry was sometimes signing for him.

[steve B]

Upper deck used to sell specially autographed stuff through retail places. There was a shop in the local mall that carried some of it for a while. I'm not sure if it was a generic replica jersey place or the Red Sox store. Both were in about the same place at different times.

The UD stuff was usually pretty nice, but also expensive. Some of it was made specially for the retail stores.

I'd feel pretty comfortable with one of those pieces.

Steve B

[chaddurbin]

is it always the case a williams sig should have a closed d by "ted"...or is there an exception? this ball is being an auctioned by a major auction house and they have many other autos i'm interested in. if this is bad i might just refrain from the whole thing (since they go by their own authentication).

[jcmtiger]

This is a ball I have, the signature does have the closed "D". Maybe others will chime in.

Joe

[drc]

UDA is reliable.

[Moesalty]

It's legit....no worries.

[Big Dave]

These are all currently on eBay.
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This is a Upper Deck Authenticated Ted Williams jersey.

Open "a"

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ted-Williams-Upp...item519a25a953

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UDA TW ball - open "a"

http://cgi.ebay.com/TED-WILLIAMS-Bol...item254f25043a

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UDA TW ball - open "d"

http://cgi.ebay.com/RED-SOX-TED-WILL...item5ad74f48e3

[shelly]

The two balls are closed a's not open,

[Big Dave]

The first ball is an open "a". The tops do not touch, close, but no cigar.

You are correct in regard to the second ball, it does have a closed "a", but if you will look at my description, I state that it has an open "d", which it does.

The Ted Williams ball shown in the post also has an open "d", and that ball will pass anybody that actually knows an authentic Ted Williams signature.

As I stated before, it is a myth. There are four examples in the post, and three are UDA.

[RichardSimon]

Yeah, UD is the best, the absolute best.
Look at the great stuff they have brought into the hobby.
I have many more pictures of other UD beauties too.
No myths here, just UD cards that all had huge price tags on ebay over the years.