I would lean authentic on the piece but I would not purchase it unless it had a legitimate 3rd party cert. PSA/DNA nor JSA would authenticate this item unless they had a high degree of confidence. Otherwise, they would just reject or if on the fence give no opinion and refund the fee.
I liked the Ruth from the start although as pointed out there are some letter inconsistencies. I look at the autograph overall and have never nitpicked individual letters as I know my own autograph often has screwy looking letters. I'm pretty sure although Ruth and Gehrig tried to give very legible examples, they sometimes had some yips.
I like the Gehrig less than the Ruth but would not rule it out.
The experts would likely charge $500 or maybe more to look at it but obviously if authentic would be money well spent. By the same token, $500 into the wind in a failure position. It is a gamble in my mind of a coin flip.
Brendan and a few others here are probably as good on Ruth as the authentication companies so I hesitated to question him and hence the reason I kept my opinion to myself until he slightly acquiesced which allowed my opening.
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12-06-2024, 09:50 AM
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