Another Babe Ruth Ball Walks In

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

maybe he can also move it to the sweet spot ?

hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!


ya can't beat fun at the ol' ballpark, as Harry would say.

[KCRfan1]

What leads you to believe the signature is from the clubhouse and not Ruth himself? What do I need to watch for when a Ruth ball shows up where I work?

[ullmandds]

Honestly after doing my research I thought for sure it was real. This link is useful :

https://www.brigandicoin.com/blogs/b...the-holy-grail

Perhaps others can chime in .

[perezfan]

I don’t think it’s mentioned in the linked Brigandi article (and admittedly I did not read the entire thing.) But you see this secretarial or “clubhouse” style Ruth on many Yankees Team-signed Balls from the 1920s. It is quite common, and once you’ve seen it, it's unmistakeable.

The best form of education might be to search major auction archives (Heritage, Lelands, REA, etc.) Using key words “secretarial”, “clubhouse”, and “Ruth” should yield quite a few examples. The most glaring tell-tale signs are the exaggerated slant, the quote marks, and the oversized looping nature of the letter “R” in Ruth. Also, these clubhouse versions were typically done in a "lighter hand" (with less pen pressure).

Here’s a quick example from 1928 that I found in a previous REA auction, which exhibits the same clubhouse attributes... and most likely was done in the same hand as the one posted above...

https://www.robertedwardauctions.com...d-ball-gehrig/

[PhilNap]

No mention that the Ruth is a clubhouse.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/OFFICIAL-AM...UAAOSwD8pdfutR

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by PhilNap

No mention that the Ruth is a clubhouse.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/OFFICIAL-AM...UAAOSwD8pdfutR

That's too bad. So much for someone soliciting opinions, I assume the opinions are shared with the seller then, only to have the seller lead potential buyers to believe the Ruth signature is real.

Why even bother. Buyer beware always.

Sorry Peter, we know you did the right thing, too bad your friend isn't.

[Bpm0014]

Wow, that's jive. What a bad move. Even after they are told it was most certainly a clubhouse signature!