'38 Yankees ball

[scmavl]

Found this for sale on CL today, and in my own sleepy little town (pop. 2000). This ball was given to his grandfather who was a personal friend of Jacob Ruppert. Signed by Gehrig, DiMaggio, Gomez, etc.

And he's only asking $10,000!!! "Perhaps the nicest example to be found anywhere"! I'm getting my checkbook out right now...

[David Atkatz]

The ball's real, Jarrod. It's got a clubhouse Gehrig, that's all.

(Don't know about that $10,000, though.)

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

The ball's real, Jarrod. It's got a clubhouse Gehrig, that's all.

(Don't know about that $10,000, though.)

+1

[shelly]

The ball is real. It sounds like the Heritage auction. Yes the ball is real but the most important autograph on the ball is a forgery. It is not a club house signing it is a forgery. I have no idea if Lou told him to sign it but it is not an authentic autograph. I have no idea when club house and fake took place but they are the same.

[David Atkatz]

Whether or not you--or anyone else--wants to buy this baseball is completely irrelevant.
The ball is a genuine 1938 Yankees team-signed baseball, with a clubhouse Gehrig (and perhaps other clubhouse signatures).
It is not "a forgery."

[shelly]

When baseball where signed by someone else in the 30's 40's and 50's they where call club house signings. Now they would be a forged ball. You want to buy a ball with autographs that are not authentic go for it. The main person on that ball is Lou Gehrig he might have allowed someone to sign his or not. It still is not his autograph. You can call it what ever you want but it is not authentic.

[scmavl]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

The ball's real, Jarrod. It's got a clubhouse Gehrig, that's all.

(Don't know about that $10,000, though.)

I'm surprised to know that the rest of the ball is real. In the CL ad, the only picture shown is the one of the fake/clubhouse Gehrig which I knew immediately was not genuine. Asking $10k and have ONE photo... Wow. I just assumed it was all fake.

May I ask how you know the rest of the ball is real (DiMaggio, etc) when you can only see one panel? I see the Lefty Gomez, Joe Vance, Red Rolfe, etc but that's it... Are you just assuming since the no-names are good (like Vance) that DiMaggio would be good as he was not yet a huge star?

And if DiMaggio was good, what value would you put on a ball like this?

Thanks!

[David Atkatz]

I don't know they're all real--there could be other clubhouse signatures. My point, though, was that the ball originated in the Yankee clubhouse, rather than in a forger's hand.

[scmavl]

Thanks, David. If the Dimaggio and the rest were real, what is the value? $500?