Help With Babe Ruth Cut

[Carter08]

Worth sending to a pro for sure. I’m no expert but looks real and you have a story behind it to support that conclusion

[Bpm0014]

From that small blurry pic, it looks good. But would be nice to see it blown up. The R in Ruth looks funny though. Almost like it was traced over. But almost certainly good. One can even (roughly) date this autograph to about 1934ish to 1944ish. Does that fit the timeframe that your grandfather acquired it?

[David.liehr]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

From that small blurry pic, it looks good. But would be nice to see it blown up. The R in Ruth looks funny though. Almost like it was traced over. But almost certainly good. One can even (roughly) date this autograph to about 1934ish to 1944ish. Does that fit the timeframe that your grandfather acquired it?

That date range makes a lot of sense. Based on what I was told, he would have gotten the auto late 1930s. Are you able to click on the picture? It should load a page with a larger picture of the auto. If that doesn’t work, let me know and I can look to see about doing the picture over.

[Bpm0014]

So it was most certainly traced over at some point. Which sucks. Probably nothing sinister either. Signature was probably fading and someone (in an attempt to preserve it) traced it over to make it darker. That really stinks.

[perezfan]

Agree.... it appears traced over.

[Case12]

I do wonder this - could it just be slabbed without tinkering with glue or tape? Especially if not going to be sold. (I know....I have watched National Treasure too many times :-)

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Case12

I do wonder this - could it just be slabbed without tinkering with glue or tape? Especially if not going to be sold. (I know....I have watched National Treasure too many times :-)

It could definitely be slabbed as-is. But the main risk is in shipping it. It could split completely during its time in transit. You could probably protect it to some extent, but the risk is still there.

Aesthetically, it wouldn't look very nice inside the slab with most of it being separated. Plus, the flip will likely say "traced signature" or something to that extent. So if it were mine, I would professionally restore it, put it in a mylar sleeve, and mat/frame it with a great photo of the Babe.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Worth sending to a pro for sure. I’m no expert but looks real and you have a story behind it to support that conclusion

+1 agreed