Babe Ruth auto help

[Bpm0014]

I’m not sold on it. There’s some things I like; some things I don’t. Any other info you can provide on it?

[MGHPro]

Thanks for the photo turn and opinions

It’s from a family who states their uncle got it . 😬

[Bpm0014]

I don’t like the a.

I don’t like the b.

I love the u t h.

I hate the crossing of the t.

I’m not a fan of the R.

I’m not a fan of the slant in general. I’m not a fan of the uncle getting it on a perfect 3x5 unlined card. And I’m not a fan of it being so bold.

With all that being said, if it’s fake it’s pretty good. The inconsistencies are ever so slight. I usually can tell within 3 seconds. This took me for a while. It matches up with some autos of Ruth’s that are slabbed. But it’s all so slightly different.

[MGHPro]

Thanks Brendan ! Appreciate your thoughts .

[rand1com]

Turning it horizontal did not change my mind.

[MGHPro]

Originally Posted by rand1com

Turning it horizontal did not change my mind.

Thank you ! 😀

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

I share a lot of the same feelings as Brendan on this thing. Funny, my eye immediately went to the "uth" and that's my favorite part, too. Well, perhaps not that pointy last hump of the "h" which shows obvious hesitation, as does the crossing of the "t". It appears as though the signature stopped at the upstroke of that hump in the "h" and continued as a separate downstroke. That's a terrible sign.

I'd personally leave this thing alone.

Other things I'd be asking:

Is the ink even live? Could this be a laser print? What's up with the speckling on the paper? Is it dirt, age spots or incorporated into the paper itself? I'm guessing the latter. Is this even an index card? I don't offhandedly recall seeing any index cards with speckled paper like this, and I've handled hundreds of thousands of them, if not more. Do you know what kind of paper can occasionally be found with such speckling? The fly leaves of old books. They're a pretty darned plentiful and inexpensive source of old, thicker-than-average paper which can be conveniently trimmed to size.