1927 Yankees Topps Tribute Card Pulled, Consigned-Bad Ruth and Gehrig?

[GrayGhost]

The Ruth looks AWFUL, esp the Capital B. I don't like the Lazzeri either, and the Gehrig doesn't fill me w confidence. I think its a lousy group of signatures. You would think they would go "all out" and get some great looking DEFINTELY REAL cuts for a piece like this.

[RichardSimon]

If Upper Deck can be stupid enough to use multiple forgeries in their cards, why can't Topps be stupid too?

[yanksfan09]

I agree, the Ruth looks terrible and am very leary of Gehrig as well. What kind of quality control measures do they take on these ultra "artificially rare" expensive inserts? You'd think they'd get good stuff to instill confidence in their product and buyers but I guess not. Either they don't care or are inept.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

I agree, the Ruth looks terrible and am very leary of Gehrig as well. What kind of quality control measures do they take on these ultra "artificially rare" expensive inserts? You'd think they'd get good stuff to instill confidence in their product and buyers but I guess not. Either they don't care or are inept.

Maybe they use some of our favorite authenticators. There are rumors in the hobby that some authenticators will authenticate anything.

But how much do you wanna bet that this brings big bucks. And then the winner can go through the same aggravation that the winner of that Upper Deck Legendary cuts card went through when it became obvious that there were bogus autographs on that card.
And I think they appreciate the fact that you can usually buy a bogus cut a hell of a lot cheaper than a legit cut.
They look at a real Ruth or Gehrig and a fake Ruth or Gehrig and only compare price. Why bother doing due diligence?
I also think it shows their disdane for the collector.
To them collectors are just sheep to be shorn.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Maybe they use some of our favorite authenticators. There are rumors in the hobby that some authenticators will authenticate anything.

But how much do you wanna bet that this brings big bucks. And then the winner can go through the same aggravation that the winner of that Upper Deck Legendary cuts card went through when it became obvious that there were bogus autographs on that card.
And I think they appreciate the fact that you can usually buy a bogus cut a hell of a lot cheaper than a legit cut.
They look at a real Ruth or Gehrig and a fake Ruth or Gehrig and only compare price. Why bother doing due diligence?
I also think it shows their disdane for the collector.
To them collectors are just sheep to be shorn.

Do you any of you remember that other Topps "Babe Ruth/Lou Gehrig" cut earlier this year (April 2010). The one that was pulled at that hobby shop in Tewksbury. Same crap all over again.

[RichardSimon]

Ok, lets get down to the nitty gritty.
I just wrote to Beckett, through the ebay "ask a question" link and asked them who authenticated the autographs on the card.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Here is the link to the "Beckett Select" YouTube video on that card.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr7Ekf1g46M

Unfortunately they have "disabled" comments under the video.