Babe Ruth Donruss Cut Signature, authentic?

[Topnotchsy]

Couple of points:

1) To all those commenting about the price of a Ruth autograph and the like and those making fun of the idea that the autograph was cut from another document... please. Take a look in the mirror. This is a hobby where we collect pieces of paper and pay (at times) many thousands of dollars for them. This is a card from a pretty popular set, it's a 1/1 and it includes a Ruth autograph. There is a large market for cards with cut autographs among people who do not collect other signed items. It may not be your thing, and that's cool, but don't mock it or assume your collectibles are better.

2) To the comment about the card coming from Taiwan, as others have mentioned, there is huge money in cards and collectibles (particularly modern cards and ever more so basketball cards) so assuming the seller has decent feedback, that is definitely not a strike against the card.

3) As others have mentioned, there have been a few cut autographs in cards over the years that were found to be forged. I do believe for the most part the card companies relied on solid 3rd party authentication companies (PSA/DNA, JSA) but that may not have been the case in every instance, so it is definitely worth getting opinions. The auto board here is a good spot.

4) To those telling the OP to slow down... just because he/she is new here, does not mean that they are not well versed and educated. Who knows how long they've been collecting and how much they know.

[Snapolit1]

With all due respect, it’s pretty clear from the OP that he doesn’t know much about this at all. I thought that was pretty evident. I thought the comments here were not rude or heavy handed at all. Trying to be helpful.

And I also highly doubt the market for these cards is large- whatever that means. I have seen literally dozens of signed Gehrig and Ruth cards linger on eBay for years at outrageous prices. More than pristine single autographed balls sell for.

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

Couple of points:

1) To all those commenting about the price of a Ruth autograph and the like and those making fun of the idea that the autograph was cut from another document... please. Take a look in the mirror. This is a hobby where we collect pieces of paper and pay (at times) many thousands of dollars for them. This is a card from a pretty popular set, it's a 1/1 and it includes a Ruth autograph. There is a large market for cards with cut autographs among people who do not collect other signed items. It may not be your thing, and that's cool, but don't mock it or assume your collectibles are better.

2) To the comment about the card coming from Taiwan, as others have mentioned, there is huge money in cards and collectibles (particularly modern cards and ever more so basketball cards) so assuming the seller has decent feedback, that is definitely not a strike against the card.

3) As others have mentioned, there have been a few cut autographs in cards over the years that were found to be forged. I do believe for the most part the card companies relied on solid 3rd party authentication companies (PSA/DNA, JSA) but that may not have been the case in every instance, so it is definitely worth getting opinions. The auto board here is a good spot.

4) To those telling the OP to slow down... just because he/she is new here, does not mean that they are not well versed and educated. Who knows how long they've been collecting and how much they know.