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[Kzoo]

My wife thinks I'm crazy, but I love the smell of a fresh catalog in the mail, too.

Matt

[Bored5000]

A Dan Brouthers signed baseball.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

A Dan Brouthers signed baseball.

And a Frank Chance. And a John Ward. I've never seen these single signed.

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by mighty bombjack

And a Frank Chance. And a John Ward. I've never seen these single signed.

And Babe Ruth's galore....

[prewarsports]

Now I am the only skeptic?

Whats this forum coming too

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Now I am the only skeptic?

Whats this forum coming too

I actually was thinking that when I saw the Brouthers ball. I know nothing about authenticating autographs, but I know he is one of the toughest HoFers.

There are also several Christy Mathewson autos, including an autographed copy of "Won in the Ninth." I know in the past there has been much conjecture over whether or not Matty himself actually signed those books.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

I actually was thinking that when I saw the Brouthers ball. I know nothing about authenticating autographs, but I know he is one of the toughest HoFers.

There are also several Christy Mathewson autos, including an autographed copy of "Won in the Ninth." I know in the past there has been much conjecture over whether or not Matty himself actually signed those books.

Yeah, there are a few Mattys, including a hard-signed book in addition to the bookplated controversial copy. Interesting to put them side by side.

As to Brouthers, I have no knowledge. One would have to be skeptical of anything with his purported signature, but those who can afford it can research it (or not) accordingly.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Now I am the only skeptic?

Whats this forum coming too

I prefer to drool over the spread of items for a while before skeptically inspecting any individual items. Plenty of time for that.

[Runscott]

Never got to the Brouthers - my bursitis was killing me, just paging through all the new Ruth autographs. And of course, I don't mean 'new' as in freshly-inked.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Now I am the only skeptic?

Whats this forum coming too

No Rhys, you are not the only skeptic.

[jgmp123]

Quote from Ron K's book:

"Many well executed forgeries exist in the market. Just about 100 percent of Brouthers signatures in the market are forgeries."

I know nothing about Brouthers autographs and I certainly do not have the experience to give an opinion, but I will add that the signature itself looks nothing like the two exemplars in Ron's book. Heck, the two exemplars don't even look like the same person. 27 year difference between the two...

[mighty bombjack]

The Brouthers is tough to authenticate, no doubt. There are two exemplars in Ron K's book, and the REA ball doesn't really resemble either, though they are fairly different fom each other as well. They are almost 20 years apart, whereas one of them is only two years from the purported signing of this ball. Further, the exemplars are both flats.

I'm intrigued by the inclusion of a LOA from "legendary handwriting expert Charles Hamilton," which was part of REA's original sale of this ball in 1995. Never heard of the dude, but I wasn't buying autos then, just getting them IP. Anyone know what makes that guy so legendary? Morales is pretty legendary around here as well...

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Kzoo

My wife thinks I'm crazy, but I love the smell of a fresh catalog in the mail, too.

Matt

By the time the catalog arrives, my ceiling bids will all be history