Opinions on a Pie Traynor autograph and much more

[RichardSimon]

Ok,,, now for the full story.
The picture was shown to me today by a dealer.
He had bought it with the PSA COA that is illustrated here, cert #K77090.
The dealer sold it to a collector.
The collector who bought it sent it to JSA who turned it down.
I was asked for my opinion by the dealer who sold it.
This is a forgery, done many years ago by the infamous Ron Dross.
Dross was the first real forger in the baseball hobby.
The infamous B&W HOF plak scam (he got away with about $100K) was his doing but most people who are aware of that scam do not know that he also forged and sold a number of 8x10 B&W photos along with the plaks.
I saw most of the plaks and a few of the photos when they first hit the market and a few well known dealers were trying to sell these items.
Karma is a bitch though. Dross is no longer with us and passed away at a young age.