Has Anyone Seen This Ruth-Gehrig autograph Topps card?

[PhilNap]

The image I posted matches the image on Topps' promotional sheet for the set.

See here (page 5): http://www.topps.com/productsellshee...all1349746.pdf

Apparently that was a prototype and not the actual card that ended up in a pack.

[perezfan]

Good thing it's a prototype, as that Gehrig is not authentic.

[bobbvc]

Almost said it earlier, but didn't want to presume. It looks to me like both autos were done by the same person in one sitting...

[RichardSimon]

I had seen that also. No question it is different than the one I posted. I was not sure what it was though, whether a card or something else, so I did not post it.
And the Gehrig is awful on it,,looks like it could be something that came from the Roaches, geez Topps, bad enough you mess with Andrew Jackson's signature but you make a mess of Ruth and Gehrig also.
(Jackson never signed on two lines. Topps cut this signature from a document or letter and then cut the signature in half to fit it on this moronic card). They also mutilated the "n" in Jackson,,, nice work Topps.
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[perezfan]

They do the same moronic practices with Game-used Jerseys and Bats. Can you imagine actually cutting up a rare Ruth or Gehrig Jersey for the sake of these pointless cards? Should be against the law....

[GKreindler]

...and punishable by death!!!

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(crickets)

Really though, beyond a travesty.

[danc]

Who are these collectors who purchase this stuff...and thinks it's cool? You chop up a check (who cares, it's a check) valued at $20 and the cut signature affixed to a card is now worth $100+.

I did a private signing with a Otto Graham back in 1990 and I issued these unique photos made for the occasion. I paid Graham $3 per signature and had 250 of these photos made and sold them for $15 a piece at the time. You see them on occasion on eBay at they sell for about $25. I saw a clipped signature from one of those photos, cut up (signature only) on a card and it sold for $155, from I believe UD. Why?

Pieces of jersey cloth...bat shavings...I don't understand why people collect that stuff. But I agree, it's a hobby travesty, especially when they do it with a rare Ruth jersey or bat.

DanC