Authenticity question

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by novakjr

I think that Scott is trying to say that everyone immediately saw Scoreboard, and just wrote it off as a forgery without really looking at the item. While with the AJC Dag, many people looked at it's provenance, rather than the photo itself, and just assume it's AJC(which it still may or may not be)...
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I was composing my post while you posted

I was actually thinking the opposite (thought it was real because of the documentation), but either way illustrates my point. It's just a discussion point, no big deal. I think legitimate authenticators sometimes get it wrong, and I think crooks sometimes sell authentic stuff. I've seen examples of both.

Personally, I don't know if this ball is real or not. If I had to guess, I would say the signatures are real. The McCovey and Mantle look great. The odd 'T' in 'Ted Williams' is probably just an aberration. The fact that they look like they were signed by the same person is probably just a coincidence.