1917 Ty Cobb letter advise

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by w7imel

Agreed Every letter I have almost ever saw he was always thanking someone for a visit or just good company. While it is well known that Tyrus was a fierce competor Ive yet to see anything cobb had done to remotly be as bad as Stump made him which IMO was a ploy to sell books

fyi - Just in case you were not aware, Stump was a major forger of Cobb items.

[w7imel]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

fyi - Just in case you were not aware, Stump was a major forger of Cobb items.

Was reading that Richard, What was his end game behind forging stuff? From everything else almost I ever read cobb was a well respected buisness man and people sought his company.. The way he took care of his past teamates thru life after baseball says tons about him doesnt it?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by w7imel

Was reading that Richard, What was his end game behind forging stuff? From everything else almost I ever read cobb was a well respected buisness man and people sought his company.. The way he took care of his past teamates thru life after baseball says tons about him doesnt it?

His end game was making money. Green ink letters were one of his favorite items.
The forgeries are not very hard to detect by experienced collectors and dealers.