Opinion on ruth

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

100% no good

Hunt Auctions disagree with you, Brendan.

[Bpm0014]

The B is abnormal, the a is abnormal, the R is abnormal, the crossing of the t is abnormal, the pen pressure is abnormal, the flow is abnormal, the darkness is abnormal, the spacing is abnormal, and it looks like it was signed yesterday. I wouldn't buy it.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

The B is abnormal, the a is abnormal, the R is abnormal, the crossing of the t is abnormal, the pen pressure is abnormal, the flow is abnormal, the darkness is abnormal, the spacing is abnormal, and it looks like it was signed yesterday. I wouldn't buy it.

You just reminded me of Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein, when he was telling Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder), what the labeling on the jar he took the brain from, said. He thought it was from someone named A.B. Normal


Steve

[JustinD]

Thanks for the input Brendan.

I have been getting the same feedback privately also. The reason I would never buy a Ruth without consulting with the pros first.

Thanks!

[Bpm0014]

Not a problem. Keep 'em coming!

[Steve D]

I second Justin's thanks to you Brendan. I was also interested in this Ruth autograph, and had asked for opinions.

Steve

[steve B]

Well, that all sort of makes me happy.

I didn't like it, but more based on the item. A FDC for that stamp is a good candidate for a sig, but not necessarily that one. (It's also a good candidate for fakery since they're cheap and common) The cancel is a machine done cancel, so it would have been in a big stack of covers being run through the machine and those almost always went into the mail rather than being handed back. I'd have to check, but at some point they were very against cancelling and handing the cover back because it was mail and had to go through the system.
The typed address is also more like a mail ordered cover than one that was gotten in person. A quick search finds five with the identical cachet but no autograph all with different typed addresses and all canceled with the 9 AM time. So the commercial cachet maker sent a bunch to Cooperstown beforehand, the PO processed them and put them into the outgoing mail from the ceremony.

Of course a cover could be signed later, but that's less likely.

Steve B