Helping a good lady....Red Sox sweater info...

[ctownboy]

I am only half joking when I say this:

Seeing as how things are today, not only will this sweater come to an auction house and be deemed authentic. Because the tagging is circa 1914 to the late 1920's, the sweater will miraculously, through meticulous research, be found to be none other than Babe Ruth's!!!! Not only that but it will be the first sweater he wore during his rookie season!!!

So, when this rare beauty comes to auction, not only will it be the star attraction it will have it's own separate mini catalog describing the research and provenance that went into ascertaining that this is the Babe's very own sweater. Also, there will be multiple full page color photographs to let you see the intricate details and fine craftsmanship of this one of a kind, museum quality piece of baseball history........

David

[RCMcKenzie]

I know nothing about sweaters. Her initial description of 30-40's fan apparel sounded plausible to me.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by ctownboy

I am only half joking when I say this:

Seeing as how things are today, not only will this sweater come to an auction house and be deemed authentic. Because the tagging is circa 1914 to the late 1920's, the sweater will miraculously, through meticulous research, be found to be none other than Babe Ruth's!!!! Not only that but it will be the first sweater he wore during his rookie season!!!

So, when this rare beauty comes to auction, not only will it be the star attraction it will have it's own separate mini catalog describing the research and provenance that went into ascertaining that this is the Babe's very own sweater. Also, there will be multiple full page color photographs to let you see the intricate details and fine craftsmanship of this one of a kind, museum quality piece of baseball history........

David

Only problem is, compared with real examples, there are neither "intricate details," nor "fine craftsmanship."

[ctownboy]

Mr. Atkatz,

Has trivial things like that stopped an auction house from such a description before?

David

[David Atkatz]

David, you're absolutely right!

[frankbmd]

It should be possible to match DNA from the sweater to DNA from one of Ruth's "authentic" balls.