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Old 02-22-2013, 09:21 PM
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Found this for sale on CL today, and in my own sleepy little town (pop. 2000). This ball was given to his grandfather who was a personal friend of Jacob Ruppert. Signed by Gehrig, DiMaggio, Gomez, etc.

And he's only asking $10,000!!! "Perhaps the nicest example to be found anywhere"! I'm getting my checkbook out right now...

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Old 02-22-2013, 09:24 PM
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The ball's real, Jarrod. It's got a clubhouse Gehrig, that's all.

(Don't know about that $10,000, though.)
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The ball's real, Jarrod. It's got a clubhouse Gehrig, that's all.

(Don't know about that $10,000, though.)
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Old 02-22-2013, 09:55 PM
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The ball is real. It sounds like the Heritage auction. Yes the ball is real but the most important autograph on the ball is a forgery. It is not a club house signing it is a forgery. I have no idea if Lou told him to sign it but it is not an authentic autograph. I have no idea when club house and fake took place but they are the same.

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Old 02-22-2013, 10:17 PM
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Whether or not you--or anyone else--wants to buy this baseball is completely irrelevant.
The ball is a genuine 1938 Yankees team-signed baseball, with a clubhouse Gehrig (and perhaps other clubhouse signatures).
It is not "a forgery."
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Old 02-23-2013, 09:20 AM
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When baseball where signed by someone else in the 30's 40's and 50's they where call club house signings. Now they would be a forged ball. You want to buy a ball with autographs that are not authentic go for it. The main person on that ball is Lou Gehrig he might have allowed someone to sign his or not. It still is not his autograph. You can call it what ever you want but it is not authentic.

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When baseball where signed by someone else in the 30's 40's and 50's they where call club house signings. Now they would be a forged ball. You want to buy a ball with autographs that are not authentic go for it. The main person on that ball is Lou Gehrig he might have allowed someone to sign his or not. It still is not his autograph. You can call it what ever you want but it is not authentic.
True. But don't you think the market views them differently? One was the product of the times, not much different than a printed ball you could buy at the souvenir stand. Whereas one has malicious intent with no other purpose other than to deceive and rip someone off.

For the right price, I could accept a ball in my collection that had a clubhouse or two mixed in with real. I would not want anything with a forgery on it.
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Old 02-23-2013, 12:27 PM
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The intent is entirely different. I don't know how you can call a clubhouse signed ball a forgery. The most likely explanation is that the player was busy and someone just wanted to make a kid happy. That has zero in common with someone signing a ball to sell for money knowing its fake.
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When baseball where signed by someone else in the 30's 40's and 50's they where call club house signings. Now they would be a forged ball. You want to buy a ball with autographs that are not authentic go for it. The main person on that ball is Lou Gehrig he might have allowed someone to sign his or not. It still is not his autograph. You can call it what ever you want but it is not authentic.
Shelly, is English your first language?
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David ,being dyslexic is a hard think to deal with. You, being a complete ass seems for you to be a simple task.
I do apologize to the rest of you.

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Old 02-23-2013, 02:28 PM
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I will agree that if they had the players permission to do the signing then it is not as you say a forgery.
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Old 02-23-2013, 02:34 PM
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Here's another distinction, Shelly.
Forgery is (as I'm sure you know now) illegal.
Proxy signing is not.
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Old 02-23-2013, 02:56 PM
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Here is how PSA describes a clubhouse ball.
The existence of additional writing, by someone other than the primary signer, will not be factored into the autograph grade but it will be factored into the grade of the ball itself. For example, it is not uncommon to see a vintage Babe Ruth autographed ball with additional notations placed on the ball by the person who obtained it. It may simply be dated by another person or contain a notation about the event (Yankees versus Red Sox – Ruth hits two homers) or (The Sultan of Swat). Additional writing on the piece by a 2nd party, in most cases, would preclude the ball itself from reaching a grade above PSA NM-MT 8.

Keep in mind that clubhouse autographs are approached in a different manner when evaluating team signed baseballs. For clarification, clubhouse autographs are those that were made by a bat boy, ball boy or other clubhouse attendant for a particular team. It was very common for team employees to forge player autographs on team signed baseballs. In many cases, while many of the autographs on a baseball may indeed be authentic, some player autographs may be of the clubhouse variety due to player unavailability, etc.

While clubhouse signatures will be identified on the PSA/DNA letters of authenticity, they may not hinder the overall grade of a baseball since their existence is fairly common and the autographs were not forged in a malicious manner. Severity and eye-appeal may be factors but, generally speaking, the grader approaches clubhouse autographs as if they did not exist on the baseball.
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Old 02-23-2013, 07:19 PM
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I do have one question. When did club house end.?
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The ball's real, Jarrod. It's got a clubhouse Gehrig, that's all.

(Don't know about that $10,000, though.)
I'm surprised to know that the rest of the ball is real. In the CL ad, the only picture shown is the one of the fake/clubhouse Gehrig which I knew immediately was not genuine. Asking $10k and have ONE photo... Wow. I just assumed it was all fake.

May I ask how you know the rest of the ball is real (DiMaggio, etc) when you can only see one panel? I see the Lefty Gomez, Joe Vance, Red Rolfe, etc but that's it... Are you just assuming since the no-names are good (like Vance) that DiMaggio would be good as he was not yet a huge star?

And if DiMaggio was good, what value would you put on a ball like this?

Thanks!
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Old 02-26-2013, 12:16 PM
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I don't know they're all real--there could be other clubhouse signatures. My point, though, was that the ball originated in the Yankee clubhouse, rather than in a forger's hand.
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Thanks, David. If the Dimaggio and the rest were real, what is the value? $500?
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Old 02-26-2013, 06:07 PM
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Does a key clubhuse signature render the ball a fake? Shelly says it is a fake. Others disagree. My experience is with Charlie DiGiovanna "Dodger" balls. They sell for about $300. Although I would not pay that much, I like a couple that I have since it is a part of Dodger history. It's a historical icon.

I also agree with the view expressed that a forged ball would pollute my collection, and I would destroy it. I have several team balls that have four or five clubhouse signatures according to the authenticators. Since none of the clubhouse signatures are Campy or Jackie, those balls are worth close to a grand. But, as Shelly would say, the '38 Yankee ball had a clubhouse Gehrig. Although the value is greatly diminished because it lacks a real Gehrig, it is part of history.

The debate is basically semantical. Whether a clubhouse ball is fake or real is not the point. As long as we don't pay the price that they'd be worth without clubhouse signatures.

No need to attack each other over different views.
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