Can somebody tell me if this baseball is what I think it is?

[Bpm0014]

If that is supposed to be Lou Gehrig on the sweet spot, the signature is 100% not real. I can't answer as to the other signatures though, but the Lazzeri looks ok (although I'm no expert on Lazzeri).

[khkco4bls]

I see lazzari Johnny Murphy and red Rolfe I think under that which look fine

[three0four]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

If that is supposed to be Lou Gehrig on the sweet spot, the signature is 100% not real. I can't answer as to the other signatures though, but the Lazzeri looks ok (although I'm no expert on Lazzeri).

Thanks for responding....sadly I'm not an expert on any of them. Although do you mind if I ask what makes you say its not real? I'm just asking because although it is really faded and rather hard to get a good photo of, to me it almost seems to match some of the examples I can find online. Again, I'm no expert, I just wouldn't want to dismiss something rather important.

It's been really hard to get a photo that seems to show every little detail you can see up close. From the names I've been able to piece together I've narrowed it down to either 1935, 1936, or possibly even 1937 Yankees.

I'm really not trying to doubt anybodies expertise, I just know that it seems almost impossible to get a picture that shows everything you can see looking at it up close.

[Bpm0014]

For starters, his L and G looked nothing like that on (which is on the ball).

[canjond]

Just to ask the question, is the signature on the sweet spot an earlier version of Lefty Gomez, hence why it looks nothing like Gehrig?

[three0four]

Actually, if you look on the second picture in my second post, I think Lefty is on there, right underneath what I could only figure (and I could be crazy wrong about this) is Joe DiMaggio.

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by three0four

Actually, if you look on the second picture in my second post, I think Lefty is on there, right underneath what I could only figure (and I could be crazy wrong about this) is Joe DiMaggio.

First letter of that looks like an R to me...

[JMEnglish27]

Question...is it possible that there would be a clubhouse/secretarial signature of Gehrig during this era (presumably 36-37) and that's what's on the sweet spot?

[todeen]

+1 I'm in agreement with this.

Originally Posted by three0four

Actually, if you look on the second picture in my second post, I think Lefty is on there, right underneath what I could only figure (and I could be crazy wrong about this) is Joe DiMaggio.

[todeen]

You know I thought about this overnight. If it was me, regardless of net54 opinions, I would send it to a TPA. The signatures are so faint that its hard to make things out clearly. Members helped identify multiple autos, so pay the fee for 3-5 to be authenticated. If the Gehrig turns out to be clubhouse, that's what you were expecting because of net54 opinions. But you could also be nicely surprised. I think the ball is a cool find regardless of authenticity of the Gehrig. And the chew marks don't really bother me either. The original owner obviously valued the ball enough to not throw it away.

[JMEnglish27]

Originally Posted by canjond

Just to ask the question, is the signature on the sweet spot an earlier version of Lefty Gomez, hence why it looks nothing like Gehrig?

That's what I'm thinking.