Ruth Autographed Ball Real?

[chalupacollects]

On Goldin/Scoreboard COA's what do we look for other than obviously copies that are off center, blotchy etc?

Is it the way the verbiage is printed? Someone said the DiMaggio is good on this post but the Mantle based on the cert may not be. Looks like COA's verbiage was organized differently?

Street address on one and not the other? Spacing of paragraph?

Thanks guys!

[MrSeven]

Originally Posted by chalupacollects

On Goldin/Scoreboard COA's what do we look for other than obviously copies that are off center, blotchy etc?

Is it the way the verbiage is printed? Someone said the DiMaggio is good on this post but the Mantle based on the cert may not be. Looks like COA's verbiage was organized differently?

Street address on one and not the other? Spacing of paragraph?

Thanks guys!

For starters, you should never trust a COA (although a fake COA is a quick way to discard an item immediately). I've seen hundreds of real Scoreboard COAs attached to phony items on eBay.

A real Scoreboard certificate will look like those in the estate sale (minus the one attached to the Mantle). Thicker paper (with a watermark I believe), nice sharp edges, not obviously photocopied, no blotchy signature (taken from an image from on the Internet), the item description not photoshoped in a different font, etc.

If the COA is fake the item is certainly fake. Don't waste your time looking at it anymore. If the COA is real then you can start to compare the autograph to exemplars, etc.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by MrSeven

For starters, you should never trust a COA (although a fake COA is a quick way to discard an item immediately). I've seen hundreds of real Scoreboard COAs attached to phony items on eBay.

A real Scoreboard certificate will look like those in the estate sale (minus the one attached to the Mantle). Thicker paper (with a watermark I believe), nice sharp edges, not obviously photocopied, no blotchy signature (taken from an image from on the Internet), the item description not photoshoped in a different font, etc.

If the COA is fake the item is certainly fake. Don't waste your time looking at it anymore. If the COA is real then you can start to compare the autograph to exemplars, etc.

I was once offered a Babe Ruth signed ball. Came with a Scoreboard COA with Ruth's name on it .
Sometimes you wonder how stupid these people really are.
Though after a lengthy time running classified ads all over the country I realize how stupid many people really are.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I was once offered a Babe Ruth signed ball. Came with a Scoreboard COA with Ruth's name on it .
Sometimes you wonder how stupid these people really are.
Though after a lengthy time running classified ads all over the country I realize how stupid many people really are.

Spot on Richard. If we got rid of all the stupid people, the world would be a very small place...and nobody left to play professional sports (yeah, I'm talking to you NFL). LOL

[GasHouseGang]

No one has mentioned the 500HR ball that was also in the sale, so I thought I'd ask. What do you guys think?

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

No one has mentioned the 500HR ball that was also in the sale, so I thought I'd ask. What do you guys think?

Richard Dawson always had the answer.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Richard Dawson always had the answer.

I like your Richard Dawson! Someone needs to go to this sale and let us know how much they were selling these for, fake and real. Like I said before, maybe someone can cherry pick the real stuff and educate people like me that would have been ripped off if I would have tried to buy these. If this is really someone's estate, they got ripped off over and over again.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Richard Dawson always had the answer.

+1

Yikes!!!