Babe Ruth?

[thecatspajamas]

Guys, he's not just handing consignor contact info out willy nilly. As he said, the consignor offered to speak to anyone who wants more details. Whether anyone else thinks opening that door is a bad idea is irrelevent if the consignor made the offer. And I'm sure that Josh has the good sense not to give his info to certain troublemaking bloggers who would misuse the info to hound the consignor to death.

Originally Posted by hugginsandscott

I also personally spoke to the consignor again today, just to verify the facts of the story. The consignor is NOT in our hobby and is not a collector of sports memorabilia - just a baseball fan who lived near this lady and prior to her passing, she gave it to him. He has also offered to speak to anyone who would like any more details of the story. If you would like his name and number, email me privately, and I will get you the contact information.

[David Atkatz]

That's different.

Never mind.

[hugginsandscott]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

Guys, he's not just handing consignor contact info out willy nilly. As he said, the consignor offered to speak to anyone who wants more details. Whether anyone else thinks opening that door is a bad idea is irrelevent if the consignor made the offer. And I'm sure that Josh has the good sense not to give his info to certain troublemaking bloggers who would misuse the info to hound the consignor to death.

EXACTLY! C'mon guys - you don't really think I'd just give out a consignor's name without consent and lengthy conversations regarding this situation, do you?
The consignor told me that he would be more than willing to relay the back story of this ticket to anyone who wanted to know what it was. I relayed it in the description and on this board, but for some reason, that didn't seem to be enough information for Christopher to make him feel ok about this piece, so he asked for the contact information and I obliged (again, with the consignor's consent).

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by hugginsandscott

EXACTLY! C'mon guys - you don't really think I'd just give out a consignor's name without consent and lengthy conversations regarding this situation, do you?
The consignor told me that he would be more than willing to relay the back story of this ticket to anyone who wanted to know what it was. I relayed it in the description and on this board, but for some reason, that didn't seem to be enough information for Christopher to make him feel ok about this piece, so he asked for the contact information and I obliged (again, with the consignor's consent).

Why do we need Christopher to feel okay about this piece?

[hugginsandscott]

great question Travis! We don't ... and since he isn't even registered to bid with us, I felt I was going way above and beyond what I needed to do.
I pride myself on making sure we are one of the most "customer friendly" auction companies out there, so if I can do a little bit to make anyone who comes into a public forum and questions our items, I don't mind answering them and trying to make them feel comfortable with the items we run.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Here's another Babe Ruth. It is a forgery.


BabeH-100.jpg



It was penned by the same person who penned the "Ruth" on the ticket up for auction on Huggins & Scott.

The person who penned both of those Babe Ruth sigs (this one and the one on the ticket) resides in Michigan.

[gnaz01]

I guess we will never know for certain. What I can tell you is I signed my name 50+ times today at work (typical Friday's in my world) and I assure you the following:

1. My signature was a lot clearer in the AM then when I signed the last
2. There were no 2 that looked exact (similar but not exact)

Just my .02 cents ( no change required )

Greg

[David Atkatz]

Can we see the whole piece, Chris--inscription, too?