Autographed Baseball COAs?

[NoName76]

Originally Posted by ReggieBush22

If you watch Pawn Stars, you know that anytime they need an autograph authenticated, they bring in Steve from PSA. First thing Steve does is make sure the ink is live. Second, he looks at several examples of said auto saved in his laptop and compares. Yeah, i'm sure his many years of experience helps him catch a lot of BS but if the forgery is good enough, how the hell would he know the difference? He can't. It's nothing but pen on item, completely replicable and tangible.

Steve is just a dude comparing sigs, nothing magical. Still remember when he called a Dale Earnhardt sig on a tire fake when you can tell it was 100% real and who the #@#@#@#@ is faking sigs on a tire?

[awz50]

Originally Posted by NoName76

Steve is just a dude comparing sigs, nothing magical. Still remember when he called a Dale Earnhardt sig on a tire fake when you can tell it was 100% real and who the #@#@#@#@ is faking sigs on a tire?

Steve Grad is a joke when it comes to sports memorabilia, he is amazing with celebs and star wars but sucks at sports

[Clapham25]

Originally Posted by awz50

The curve part on the ruth is common, its usually rounding and sags as you said, this one is just more pointed which means he could have signed it fast. With how many autographs he signed its easily imaginable he was walking and signed it like it quick with the jagged edge.

To answer your secretarial question, is that most of his secretarial signatures came on balls it seems. People would write in requesting his autograph and a ball that would say "Sincerely Babe Ruth 1948" would be sent back. His secretarial signatures are also a lot small smaller, the auto crammed together and "B" is tall and not fat. Hope some of this helps.

Someone bought it! $11,500

https://www.ebay.com/itm/20426196609...Bk9SR9aP0dySYg

[awz50]

Originally Posted by Clapham25

Someone bought it! $11,500

https://www.ebay.com/itm/20426196609...Bk9SR9aP0dySYg

Personally I think that went for way more then It should have. As you can get a nice ruth for around 7k

[Clapham25]

Originally Posted by awz50

Personally I think that went for way more then It should have. As you can get a nice ruth for around 7k

That’s good to hear that I didn’t make a go at it then! I am keeping my eye out for one someday. Even with that one including the Goudey - it didn’t seem like that Goudey would grade higher than a 1 if that…