Wrong auction listings (Brooklyn Dodgers hats)

[perezfan]

I just re-rerad the REA description for the Cap attributed to Jackie Robinson. I actually saw nothing wrong with their description (other than stating early '50's instead of perhaps mid '50s).

They seemed to take extra precaution in their description, by using words/phrases like "attributed" and "leap of faith". I think they were very responsible in portraying that the evidence is "circumstantial" in nature, and that bidders should be aware that assessing player attribution to McAuliffe Caps like this is not an exact science.

They also referenced Jackie Robinson's willingness to gift his Caps to the public, and are providing the signed Letter from the former Bat Boy. So other than the timing being off by perhaps a couple of years, I felt they did their due diligence.

Curious also as to why you did not call out the Tom Seaver Cap (Lot #1358). It is a KM, and was consigned by the same former Bat Boy. Is it because his hand-written Letter was worded stronger ("Cap was given to me directly by Seaver") and that a photo was provided, showing the two of them together? Still no iron-clad proof, but provides awfully strong evidence and provenance form a pretty good source, IMO.