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[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Let's not forget Babe Ruth; the proxies who signed many of the infinite number of Ruth balls out there were meticulous.

And they are most likely still signing strong but with no mention of a proxy. At least with a trimmed card you still have a card!

As for penmanship, forget about it. Those days are unfortunately behind us for all but the more senior of members (me included of course).
I think in my area they just started teaching cursive again in public schools. It's a bit of a head scratcher why they would take it out in the first place, at least to me. Signs of the times. And I don't have to like them ... LOL
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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Leon

And they are most likely still signing strong but with no mention of a proxy. At least with a trimmed card you still have a card!

As for penmanship, forget about it. Those days are unfortunately behind us for all but the more senior of members (me included of course).
I think in my area they just started teaching cursive again in public schools. It's a bit of a head scratcher why they would take it out in the first place, at least to me. Signs of the times. And I don't have to like them ... LOL
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When I first started collecting cards again, I was just astonished by how many single signed Ruth balls were available for sale. Literally endless supply.