Gehrig auto...

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Posted By: Steve

A Gehrig cut signature scan I've been sent. Looks like a photocopy to me. Little hope this is real?

I'm fairly certain bleed through text, on the back reads "LEP - 316 -(?) CM". Significant?

I've done no interview as to the provinence, yet. Thanks for any help in advance.

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Posted By: David Atkatz

It's a forgery, and a rather poor one at that.

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Posted By: Mark Steinberg

I agree with David... a bad forgery. The type that always appears in Coach's Corner Auctions.

I think the numbers scrawled on the reverse might even be a Frangipani authorization code... looks very similar.

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Posted By: David Atkatz

Could that "CM" be Christopher Morales?
(He's a Frangipani clone.)

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Posted By: Mark Steinberg

David... that's a great catch.

Donald Frangiapani had a similar coding system which he would write on the back of autograph cuts, pictures, etc. He would even write his "code" directly onto autographed baseballs (right by the stitches).

I never understood who would want this, as it really marred/tainted the piece to have this in plain view (aside from the fact that these fakes were already tainted...)

I bet the CM does indeed stand for Christopher Morales. He "authenticates" most of the Coach's Corner stuff, and this one has all the earmarks of one of a typical C.C. offering.

Thankfully, I have never possessed anything from this authenticator so I don't know if his codes begin with CM. It would certainly seem to be a logical assumption and explanation.

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Posted By: Richard Simon

YUCK!!!
And I concur with the prior posts that the CM probably stands for Christopher Morales.
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Posted By: Steve Murray

This is probably a collector's item in it's own right.

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Posted By: David Atkatz

There are millions of Frangipani CoAs.

Now, if you had a Frangipani document stating that the signature in question was not authentic...

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Posted By: Mark Steinberg

David... You beat me to it... I was thinking the exact same thing. I wonder if anyone can actually produce a Frangipani Letter, denying authenticity? I would actually LOVE to see one.

That might rival the Wagner and Plank as "hobby rarities".

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Posted By: Jon Canfield

From my other post but here is an authenticated Gehrig for comparison:

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Posted By: Steve

I'm not an autograph collecter, but this one smelled bad. Seller was adamant about authenticity and I'm grateful to confirm my suspicions. Thanks for the eval!