Opinions on this Ruth autographed ball

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Posted By: Neal

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/clt/336986311.html

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Posted By: leon

That may be the worst looking Ruth signature I have ever seen. I have very little idea about autographs but I have seen hundreds, if not thousands, of Ruth auto's, and never one like that....

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Posted By: Bobby Binder

That has to be one of the worst Babe Ruth autographs I have every seen, Babe's penmanship was exceptional.

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Posted By: Neal

YOU MEAN ITS NOT REAL

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Real ball, not old. Real cube. A good ball for kids in a back yard... The posts above are correct. Don't pay over $2 for it.

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Posted By: Jay

IMHO, authentic signature of George "Babe" Ruth, the butcher; not the authentic signature of "Babe" Ruth the baseball player. Babe the Blue Ox could have done better.

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Posted By: Rob L

This is probably the second worst Ruth forgery only after the Ruth forgery that came with the pictures of NY City that was posted on eBay three or four times a couple of years back.


Rob L

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Posted By: Jimmy

if you notice the autograph is similar to the other writing just a bit, also were is the spalding stamp - none of the pictures show this important feature. I do not think Geo. before Babe Ruth would be common either, making the ball even more suspect to a forgery, sense most of those types of autographs would be in collections - most likley a scam. I have not had much luck with craigslist. Could be just an old ball that was marked at a game that was passed along through family.

Take Care

Jimmy

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Posted By: Paul S

The capital R in Ruth and the capital R at the end of SCHUSTER are too similar, especially where it tails down and curves to the left. The B in Babe and BALL are also alike, near the center where the circles meet.

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Posted By: Richard Simon

As much a piece of junk as you could possibly find.
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Posted By: Jason Duncan

It kind of reminds me of the scene in "Sandlot" where Benny signs the replacement Ruth ball they buy at the drug store. Alteast Benny's ball looked more like an old spalding ball from the 60s. I think his Ruth sig as ugly as it was looks better too. The ball is definitely newer and the sig looks like a 12 year old did it.


Jason

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Posted By: Jimmy Piccuito

Jason,

my son is only 4, but loves that movie - one of his favorites

when you mention that, I thought about it when I was writing my above post

Take care

Jimmy