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Old 11-09-2018, 12:27 PM
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Looking through newspapers, it seems Lou was playing in Kansas City in an exhibition game against the Blues.
Great find . Much appreciated, that last paragraph is exactly the sort of confirmation I was looking for.
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Old 11-09-2018, 12:36 PM
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First post edited to include image of the item. To my eye it does look possible that the autograph came first, then the envelope was postmarked in Cooperstown on Jun 12. Hard to say for sure.
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Are we sure that the autograph itself is legit?

Looks a bit dicey.
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Are we sure that the autograph itself is legit?

Looks a bit dicey.
All I know is it's been sitting in an album with 50 other Baseball Centennial first day covers, some with autographs (Ruth, Cobb, Connie Mack, Tris Speaker) for the past 40 years.
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More info on that game in KC here:

https://www.mlb.com/news/kansas-city...rig/c-33224982
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Auto does look dicey, BUT I'm sure PSA/JSA has experience analyzing Gehrig sigs when he has sick, as I know they were shaky as his health was deteriorating. Worth submitting it.

(Wow, this was my 2131st post...the game that Ripken broke the record).
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Agree. But even aside from the shakiness, it has a few features that are often indicative of pretty common forgeries. If it were mine, I’d submit it.
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Hi, just a couple of quick comments. I am very certain that is not actually signed by Gehrig, not sure exactly if it's a forgery or someone just wrote it goofing around, if it is it's not a very good attempt at one. In regards to whether or not he was actually in Cooperstown on that date, he wouldn't have had to be in order to have signed it. People get first day covers signed all the time at later dates/locations, that's just the date it was stamped and sold as a collectible. The question comes up a lot about First Day Covers being signed the day they were stamped, it's just the date they put on it when it was issued.
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Hi, just a couple of quick comments. I am very certain that is not actually signed by Gehrig, not sure exactly if it's a forgery or someone just wrote it goofing around, if it is it's not a very good attempt at one. In regards to whether or not he was actually in Cooperstown on that date, he wouldn't have had to be in order to have signed it. People get first day covers signed all the time at later dates/locations, that's just the date it was stamped and sold as a collectible. The question comes up a lot about First Day Covers being signed the day they were stamped, it's just the date they put on it when it was issued.


Oh I’m quite familiar with FDOI covers just trying to rule things out/in if I can. So far, we’ve discovered Gehrig absolutely could not have signed this in Cooperstown because he wasn’t present. That was my intention with this topic.

Guess I’ll be submitting this at the next show because I’d love to know or sure one way or the other. What makes you so sure it’s not authentic?


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That is a forgery.
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Looks like a coaches corner forgery
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I had the scorecard for Gehrig's last appearance in a game in Kansas City, and thought I had come across something really special. It went for around $400 in a Leland's auction about five years ago, a major disappointment.
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Are you guys kidding me???? There is no way in hell this is a legit signed Gehrig item!!! Dont wast your money..This looks worse than a Coaches Corner special. These are one of the most forged items out there...You have to do a better job of educating yourself about these things or your going to throw alot of money away on garbage. Sorry to be so blunt and I dont mean to offend but I hate seeing hard working people throw their money away on crap...Do your own due diligence!!!
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Are you guys kidding me???? There is no way in hell this is a legit signed Gehrig item!!! Dont wast your money..This looks worse than a Coaches Corner special.

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