The Bambino? Is this is an authentic Babe Ruth autograph?

[thenavarro]

Rhys and Jim

Thanks for the replies

Jim

I don't know what's on the back. It's just one I'm considering picking up and with all the discussions recently concerning good and bad Ruth's I'm trying to figure out how to discern the differences.

Mike

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by thenavarro

I don't know what's on the back. It's just one I'm considering picking up and with all the discussions recently concerning good and bad Ruth's I'm trying to figure out how to discern the differences.

Mike

Mike,
You telling us that you are considering picking it up did probably give away the fact that if it has TPA with it then we can eliminate the TPA's that we all know are wrong all the time.

[HOFAUTOS]

How about this one? This is posted on another autograph site.

[Wymers Auction]

Originally Posted by HOFAUTOS

How about this one? This is posted on another autograph site.

That looks like something you would receive as a carnival prize.

[HOFAUTOS]

Originally Posted by Wymers Auction

That looks like something you would receive as a carnival prize.

LOL. I don't know who would chop up an autograph like that, especially a Ruth, but we've seen it from all the big card companies so I guess it doesn't surprise me.

[David Atkatz]

It was almost definitely done by a child. Before autographs became valuable commodities, to be bought and sold, kids used to do stuff like that quite often.

[Wymers Auction]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

It was almost definitely done by a child. Before autographs became valuable commodities, to be bought and sold, kids used to do stuff like that quite often.

One of my favorite pieces I have owned was a Reds team ball very carefully signed by a child they copied off of a facsimile ball and tried to make it look real.