Is This A For Real Babe Ruth Autograph?

[Hardball6]

I can take the harshness with a smile. The process of learning has some enjoyment within itself. Good to have some quality opinions that back up my initial thoughts.

[RichardSimon]

Mark,
You are obviously new to autographs if you are asking about that horrid Ruth.
BE CAREFUL out there,,

[djson1]

Even the Babe Ruths that look legit have a high chance of being fake. If I had the disposable income to buy a Ruth ball, I wouldn't because of the high risk of a forgery. The same goes for a Cobb ball. I'll stick to signed checks for the trophy players.

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by djson1

Even the Babe Ruths that look legit have a high chance of being fake. If I had the disposable income to buy a Ruth ball, I wouldn't because of the high risk of a forgery. The same goes for a Cobb ball. I'll stick to signed checks for the trophy players.

There are some funny ones of those out there too.

[djson1]

That is true. But at least with Cobb, you know that his family just released tons of his Bank of Nevada checks several decades ago, so they don't cost an arm and a leg. With Ruth checks, yes, I would definitely be more hesitant.

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by djson1

That is true. But at least with Cobb, you know that his family just released tons of his Bank of Nevada checks several decades ago, so they don't cost an arm and a leg. With Ruth checks, yes, I would definitely be more hesitant.

Good point. I had a chance to buy one of those checks at a mall card show once when I was a kid. And my mother wouldn't give me the $100 that the seller wanted for it. Even then I knew it was a great investment.