Lou Gehrig signed? SGC?

[GrayGhost]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lou-Gehrig-S...item3a6ac7f9fd

Umm. that does NOT look even close. Am I correct that we have a fake slab/flip and authentication? THIS CANT BE REAL

[David Atkatz]

It's not.

[sports-rings]

Besides ebay, should JSA be notified since the slab mentions that company too?

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by sports-rings

Besides ebay, should JSA be notified since the slab mentions that company too?

They probably should. Its funny because the guy has a lot of other things that definitely look good. oh well.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

They probably should. Its funny because the guy has a lot of other things that definitely look good. oh well.

I've never been quite comfortable with the items that were authenticated with that X03527 lot. The Johnny Grabowski and the Chas O'Leary from that lot had a lot of people questioning the authenticity. The Pat Collins that I didn't win in the Hunt Auction last month came from that same lot and I wasn't 100% sure on that one either, but PSA rendered a Likely Authentic opinion on it and I asked some members on this board I thought I could trust with 1927 Yankees, so I went for it.

[mschwade]

Here's some examples from that lot:

JOHNNY GRABOWSKI


LOU GEHRIG


HERB PENNOCK


URBAN SHOCKER


For the life of me, I can't find the Chas O'Leary, but I know it sold for less than $200

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by mschwade

I've never been quite comfortable with the items that were authenticated with that X03527 lot. The Johnny Grabowski and the Chas O'Leary from that lot had a lot of people questioning the authenticity. The Pat Collins that I didn't win in the Hunt Auction last month came from that same lot and I wasn't 100% sure on that one either, but PSA rendered a Likely Authentic opinion on it so I went for it.

I would like to clarify your thought process on this one, if you don't mind.
You were not totally comfortable with the autographs yourself, but a 3rd party authenticator (and one with many known mistakes), giving only an opinion, stated that in their OPINION it was likely authentic.
So despite your own misgivings you went ahead and bid on two different autograph items?
The card guys say "buy the card not the holder",,, autograph guys should say "buy the autograph not the holder."
And I keep reminding people that D-e-l-e-h-a-n-t-y is not the way that the HOFer spelled his name and despite that obvious misspelling on a handwritten letter both PSA and JSA authenticated it, to the tune of $30K in a Hunt Auction.