Babe Ruth

[1880nonsports]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/371546752665...3D978220295667

No provenance and "signed" er scratched onto the case. Leap of faith? I would imagine this would be difficult to authenticate?

[yanks12025]

Not for PSA.. They're the experts

[David Atkatz]

"The signature is consistent considering slant, flow, pen pressure... " Flow? Pen pressure? They can't even be bothered to write a letter that actually refers to the item. Whatta bunch of assholes.

[w7imel]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

"The signature is consistent considering slant, flow, pen pressure... " Flow? Pen pressure? They can't even be bothered to write a letter that actually refers to the item. Whatta bunch of assholes.

+1 David this piece is garbage...why would this even be concidered by a TPA to be authentic.??????

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

"The signature is consistent considering slant, flow, pen pressure... " Flow? Pen pressure? They can't even be bothered to write a letter that actually refers to the item. Whatta bunch of assholes.

+2 simply a gong show at PSA.


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[84GlassOnions]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

+2 simply a gong show at PSA.


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Absolutely! I recently had 2 autographs (which I obtained in person) rejected. Yet they give the ol' "thumbs up" on a piece like this. What a joke!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

"The signature is consistent considering slant, flow, pen pressure... " Flow? Pen pressure? They can't even be bothered to write a letter that actually refers to the item. Whatta bunch of assholes.

The letter does refer to the item.

Isn't this actually scratched into the case, as opposed to written with a steel-tip pen?

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Runscott

The letter does refer to the item.

Isn't this actually scratched into the case, as opposed to written with a steel-tip pen?

That's the point, Scott.

[Klrdds]

You couldn't give me this item . This is another example of why TPAs continue to lose the respect of knowledgable collectors and again I can only hope TPAs go the way of the Dodo Bird .....

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

That's the point, Scott.

Thanks, reading this thread I thought I was missing something.

Given that it's scratched onto the metal, it can't possibly look like Ruth's normal signature. I think it would be a good exercise for some of the more bored of the board to try scratching their own names onto a piece of metal, then report back on the results. We often see supposed example of ancient signatures on bats that look strange by the modern crowd that is used to Sharpies.

[doug.goodman]

... Whatta bunch of assholes.

I like to call them "the people who get paid for their opinions", but I think I might like this other term better...

Instead of TPG we could use WBA.

Doug

[jad22]

Wow. Went for 2200.

[RichardSimon]

One person is at that result.
But some people are at that result.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Not for PSA.. They're the experts

From my long term observations I would say that the bigger the auction house the more the TPA's will bend over backwards. And who is bigger than REA? (good find Joe).

[Shoeless Moe]

some funny business going on - the final day of bidding

bidders 451 & 1885, both of who have history of being last hour bidders, now become <8 hour bidders.

Not sure where it will end but if either idiot doesn't shoot their load early, they could have won it at 1000, but the 2 stooges bid each other up to 1800 and rising.