Ruth opinion please
 

I'm ok if this isn't an authentic Ruth signature. Please tell me what you think. This is a great forum that I lurk in from time to time for vintage cards. Thanks in advance guys!

Absolutely not.

Not good

Well, I'm glad you're OK. As those above have stated, Uh Uh.

Thanks much gents! I really appreciate your opinions.

Did you honestly think this was real?

Honestly? No.

Did you honestly think this was real?

It's not the worrrrrrrst signed Ruth out there. Don't get me wrong, there are a million things wrong with it, but it's not a horrific forgery. A solid 6/10 on the Ruth Forgery Scale haha...

For a forgery that has some characteristics of a real Ruth signature, it's really horrible.

The "a" in Babe is actually decent. That "a" is typically the tell tale sign of a forgery. But this "a" isn't half bad.

So then you move on down the line to the other letters to see if they match up. (The "R" is horrific)

Then you can look at something like pen pressure and how dark the ink is (for being an 80 year autograph).....

And then even something like why is the "a" a little higher in Babe when compared to the "B".. It should flow like _ _ _ _ not _ - _ _

+1

I had the same thought last night.

If I recall correctly, the feathering in the ink you see there is a result of new ink being put on an old surface, much in the same way forgers will buy old paper stock and sign 100 years later. The ink always runs.