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Posted By: Peter Spaeth

I imagine these issues must come up fairly frequently in the art world. As to the Ruth, as a non-expert, and not being able to judge anything by the scan, the two points I found fairly persuasive at this stage are (1) the corroborating evidence suggesting Goudey did not use the trade name Big League Chewing Gum until 1933 and (2) the suggestion that if it was indeed a promotional item from 1930, it would be reasonable to think that a large number would have been made and therefore more than one would have survived.