Ruth and Gehrig Balls - Authentic?

Sophiedog · #1 02-03-2015, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by VAYankee

So I'm curious as to who people believe is/are the best auction house(s). Heritage I'd assume is one, Lelands? SCP? Hunt? Legendary? RR? Grey Flannel?

I've dealt with SCP and Hunt and always had good results

VAYankee · #2 02-04-2015, 11:52 AM

So I started sending the emails from JDE to a special folder, and it's amazing how much stuff these guys are peddling. Over the weekend, I asked how did this consignor come to acquire so many balls from Halper - this was a classic response, "Ralph did talk to the seller of these bb�s. Seller did not acquire these bb�s thru an auction, according to Ralph. The current owner of these bb�s acquired them in lieu of money Halper brothers owed him. Ralph has known this seller for decades, and in fact this guy worked for Yankees eons ago. No reason, nor any kind of indication, this guy isn�t telling Ralph the truth."

So despite the Halper family business, which is still in existence today, owed this guy so money that he gave him all of these balls, which if authentic would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Good thing he gave them with COAs too.

Here are the latest balls, the first one is also out on CCA.

earlywynnfan · #3 02-04-2015, 02:56 PM

At any point of these conversations have you ever said "But why are they currently in Coach's Corner auctions?"

VAYankee · #4 02-04-2015, 06:07 PM

Probaly one of the few places they could be unloaded without questions being asked

earlywynnfan · #5 02-04-2015, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by VAYankee

Probaly one of the few places they could be unloaded without questions being asked

I must be confused, which happens often. I thought they were being offered to you now, after being bought at CC.

VAYankee · #6 02-04-2015, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

I must be confused, which happens often. I thought they were being offered to you now, after being bought at CC.

No the Ruth ball was offered to me first, and I apparently asked too many questions so they sold that ball to someone else. They then offered me the Gehrig ball, because I "had lost out on Ruth by not acting fast enough" , and perhaps hedged their bets that I again wouldn't be an easy sell and posted it simultaneously on CCA. Sophiedog pointed that out very early on, hence your confusion. I don't remember when in this thread, but I also received an email with a fairly extensive listing of balls available for purchase, although that seemed to be sent to a distribution list of theirs with all on bcc. When I didn't pull the trigger on either Ruth or Gehrig, they told me that they didn't think I would act on anything unless Ruth or Gehrig had signed an affidavit that they had signed a particular ball and that I suffered from "paralysis by analysis". That maybe so, but I had suspicions they were fakes, and the folks here confirmed as much for which I'm very grateful. I'm also not out $5 grand.

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