Fake Gehrig Award re-emerges

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

So i wrote to the guy about it being fake and this is what he wrote back. My friend, there is nothing fake about it . An auction house just bought the ruth piece, and i am considering several offers for this one. So much for know body buying it. Also, unless you have seen the items in person, reserve judgement. I do however , appreciate your input so much.

Note the bold, what is that? haha.

Also, I'd be curious which auction house and such. It just looks so bad and obvious, that there would be one VERY similar one for each of the two greats.

[Oldtix]

Perhaps this is pretty off-the-wall, but what looks odd to me is the font used in the Gehrig engraving. The large "Most Valuable Player Award" has a distinctive "modern" mid-to-late 1950s look to it...not a 1936 style. The 1927 Ruth item used a more traditional kind of Gothic font.

The mid-1930s saw the development of the streamlined type styles that saw full bloom at the 1939 World's Fairs. I'm not sure how many engravers would have used (or even had access to) such an unusual design for such a significant piece in 1936.

A modern-day forger could easily screw up by being unfamiliar with what was customary in days gone by. One would think that there would be a photograph of Lou holding the award at that banquet...

[ctownboy]

Does anybody know what company made the plate? I mean, if it is somebody like Wm Rogers then there are pretty good records of when a certain style of design was made.

Also, wouldn't you think an MVP plate which was going to be given to Lou Gehrig or Babe Ruth would be made out of sterling silver?

Finally, maybe the "major auction house" the seller was talking about was Coach's Corner?

David