Own a piece of Ty Cobb

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Last year, these supposed Ty Cobb dentures were listed by Goldin Auctions, similarly referencing that the dentures had been displayed at the Ty Cobb Museum in Royston, GA. The Museum did display these for a time, but no longer believes that they are authentic. In fact, while they were on display we contacted a forensic dentist who offered to authenticate them based on DNA matching with one of Ty Cobb's grandchildren. We recommended that the owner do this test. To our knowledge, the owner never took this step to authenticate, and the Museum shortly thereafter removed them from display and returned them. When we discovered the dentures listed last year, the Museum formally notified Goldin Auctions and asked that they not reference the Ty Cobb Museum in the description because that could imply a level of authenticity to prospective bidders. Golden dropped the item from the auction after receiving the Museum's request. Note that the Museum did not ask that the dentures be removed from the auction, only that the reference to the Ty Cobb Museum in the description be removed because it implied a level of authenticity that we did not want to give. Attached is a copy of last year's letter to Goldin Auctions. We will be sending a similar letter to SCP Auctions.