Ruth Autographed Ball Real?

[Sophiedog]

Yeah...The Mantle ball and Mantle on the jersey are junk

[GasHouseGang]

I knew someone would know if the Mantles were good or not. I tend to have major doubts about the Ruth if the Mantles aren't good. However, I did think the Koufax looked OK.

[Sophiedog]

I'm not a Koufax guy so can't say if it's real or not...but...what many sellers do is "sprinkle" a group of balls with a few lower priced authentic ones. That way they will give the impression the whole group is real. Ebay is loaded with sellers like this. One seller a while back had individual signed baseballs of 11 members of the Home Run club...He was selling the whole group of 11 balls in the one auction. The most expensive ball in the group would be the Mantle. And of course the Mantle was bad.

[btcarfagno]

Run away and don't look back.

Tom C

[MrSeven]

I'm not an expert but I don't like that Kofax.

It looks like the letters are squashed together and the "S" in Sandy seems oddly shaped.

I'd love to hear the opinions of more experienced people with his signature.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

Run away and don't look back.

Tom C

I think you're right Tom!

[MrSeven]

I looked closer at the Ruth and I'm not really liking what I see compared to some "known" good examples.

[Duluth Eskimo]

They're all garbage.

[khkco4bls]

I'm certainly no expert but they're all bad

[shelly]

since the red has been used

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by shelly

since the red has been used

I missed the start of this fun thread, but Shelly is oh so right.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by shelly

since the red has been used

I'm assuming you mean since the Ruth ball has red thread that it's not the right era ball. Is that correct?

[MrSeven]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

I'm assuming you mean since the Ruth ball has red thread that it's not the right era ball. Is that correct?

I thought red thread was the standard for official AL balls in the 1930s?

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

I'm assuming you mean since the Ruth ball has red thread that it's not the right era ball. Is that correct?

No. Ruth signed plenty of red stitch only balls. Shelly usually uses the red faced smiley to show his disapproval of autographs but someone beat him to it.

Tom C

[shelly]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

I'm assuming you mean since the Ruth ball has red thread that it's not the right era ball. Is that correct?

I use this when its bad. Ghost stole my red so used another color.

[shelly]

The Koufax

[djson1]

I'm not sold on that Koufax. Don't like the "S".