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There are +/- 10 pages of MEARS authentication online with the ruth glove. There are some pages of PSA/DNA authentication too. I read them but didn't see either say they photo-matched it. MEARS said they didn't examine it in person but used hi res photos. On the other hand PSA/DNA used the phrase "baring a direct photo match" but I think they might have had a typo and meant "barring". If that is the case then it doesn't seem like there is a photo match as part of the authentication, unless I missed it.
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A very advanced memorabilia collector friend of mine collects this kind of stuff. He always judges things but how big of a leap of faith there is for something to be what it is purported to be. On this glove each collector has to make their own decision. It comes with COA letters from 2 of the biggest hobby authenticators of memorabilia.
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I have been asked about this glove. I was not involved the MEARS work, but as I read through the work provided, it appears that only two statements were made in the MEARS effort:
1. That it is a catchers mitt as opposed to a first base mitt. 2. The glove being auctioned is the same one that was on display at the Babe Ruth Museum. Dave Grob |
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One of the documents says, "It was determined that the glove was produced circa 1910 and matched what Babe Ruth used while at St. Mary's based on team photographs showing Ruth wearing catcher's gear."
I guess they're not claiming it to be the same glove in the photos. They're just saying the photos prove he wore catcher's gear during that time.
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For one thing, this language -- "THE one" -- implies he only used one during his time there. "Incredibly, this surviving Babe Ruth used glove is the one used by the Babe during his formative years behind the walls of St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys." If he only used one, it must be the one in the photo. And this connecting the mitt to the one the family says was given to the drug store clerk: "Players like Ruth were expected to purchase their own bats and gloves and it's likely the Babe took along his old catcher's mitt just in case it was needed." So even if the authenticators are not purporting to photo match the glove, and on further reflection the language you quoted does seem a bit ambiguous in that regard ("MATCHED what Babe Ruth used ... based on team photographs"), it does sound to me like the AH is claiming it is the one in the photo -- unless I am misreading the description. Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 04-26-2016 at 07:46 AM. |
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is there any history to the glove besides fact it was in the museum? who donated it? How did they acquire it? etc.
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It's an old glove. A glove that someone will spend a fortune on regardless of the opinions on this message board. Wish someone would have realized before looking like an asshat.
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WOW! It is my opinion that this mitt/glove is worth somewhere between 30-$60 us dollars.
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