Can you trust any authenticated babe ruth ball?

[Bpm0014]

Yes. He generally stopped using them in 1928.

[pokerplyr80]

Thanks for the input and information.

[JustinD]

Great thread and advice.

I would absolutely love one of these also, but been scared out of my mind to buy something that I neither know much about, nor trust the TPGs.

I'll save this one.

[egbeachley]

I really like that one. The ball has normal, even wear. Signature is easy to read and is not a "perfect" example like the master forger was easily able to replicate over and over again.

Was wondering.....with the past high prices paid for these "perfect" fakes, are the prices inflated? In one sense yes. But then again, the real signatures may now raise in price.

[Forever Young]

Nobody has got it right all of the time. I would love to have one too but damn...

[conor912]

Does anyone have a rough idea as to what percentage were actually signed by his wife? I've heard that those are, for better or worse, considered legit?

[ATP]

I don't think anyone considers the Claire Ruth ghost autographs legit. They are pretty easy to spot once you learn what to look for, and for the most part show up mainly late in life when his health was failing. You see them more on photos and specifically smaller postcard sized photos that were being sent out through the mail to autograph requesters in the later 1940s.