WOW!! Matty Letter from the Roaches!!

[Big Dave]

I believe he is mistaken.

The Delahanty letter he is referring to was certified by PSA/DNA and JSA as genuine. What proved it to be a forgery, other then the spelling, is that the date and place on the letter did not correspond to where Mr. Delahanty actually was when he "allegedly" wrote that letter.

The letter and JSA coa can be viewed here.

http://haulsofshame.com/WFF-gallery.html

Info can be viewed her.

http://www.fighttoys.com/lawsuit%20D...y%20letter.htm


In a November 10-11, 2006 Hunt Auction catalog, item #474 is described as a Scarce Ed Delahanty autographed handwritten letter dated Dec. 27, 1899, the baseball Hall of Famer. In the catalog description it mentions: “Delahanty elected to leave the Washington American League...” and “Delahanty was removed from the train for rude behavior...” and “Delahanty died a sudden and early death...” This letter comes complete with a LOA (Letter of Authenticity) from James Spence Authentication.

Auction estimate for this item was $10,000 - $15,000.

The problem with the letter mentioned above is that the signature does not come close to matching what is considered a genuine signature of Ed Delahanty!

The above letter sold for $29,900.00. The several times the name of the ball player is mentioned in the catalog description, his name is spelled correctly. Who ever wrote the handwritten letter sold in this auction has incorrectly spelled the players name. In the letter, the name is spelled as “Delehanty”.

To continue, the owner of the same Delahanty letter recently consigned it to ****** ****** Auctions. It appeared as item #913 and the auction was scheduled to end May 2, 2009. This time the Delahanty letter comes complete with what is called “Full LOA’s from both James Spence Authentication, Certificate #B49257 and PSA/DNA Certificate #G56541.”