Question about an autographed Yankees Team ball with Ruth

[swarmee]

Why? Because if the team is passing around balls and signing 50 in a sitting, it's quite likely it made it into Ruth's hands twice and he didn't see his signature on it, so he signed it again.

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Originally Posted by swarmee

Why? Because if the team is passing around balls and signing 50 in a sitting, it's quite likely it made it into Ruth's hands twice and he didn't see his signature on it, so he signed it again.

I'm not saying that situation is unusual, I'm saying not noting the second signature on the LOA is. Ruth is one of the most expensive signatures to have examined and authenticate.

It wouldn't make sense to pay to authenticate one signature over the other, or for JSA to miss such a significant extra signature. That's why I suggested the ball may be a Babe Ruth sponsored baseball that features a facsimile signature.