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Thread: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
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02-16-2010, 10:47 AM #1
This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
Sammy - check these out brother...what do you think?
http://www.wickedlocal.com/tewksbury...d-in-TewksburyDave
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02-16-2010, 11:25 AM #2
Re: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
Dave...
Great Story! I love reading things like this. When I was in Cooperstown for the Ripken/Gwynn cermony I went into a card shop on main drag just seconds after a kid had opened one of those "random autographed baseball packs" and the kid pulled the Ruth Gerhig signature baseball. The energy in that shop was surreal and awkwardly calm if you know what I mean.
Thanks for sharing...even though I'm not Sammy
wade
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02-16-2010, 11:52 AM #3
Re: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
I agree it's a great story...
The sigs look a little 'different' to me. An autograph guy I know tipped me off to the article. I live off of a Main Street - and we used to have a card shop until the economy shut the doors...stuff like this was just awesome when it happened.
Sammy is the auto expert, and I didn't want to cause controversy since it's kinda OT. Didn't want to detract from the game used threads.Dave
Looking for 1990's STL Cardinal starting pitcher's bats
River City Redbird Authentics
http://www.freewebs.com/bigtruck260/
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02-16-2010, 12:23 PM #4
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Re: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
It kills me that a card company can cut up something and place it on a card and it suddenly skyrockets the value of it all the while they are destroying a piece of history. They value these cut autos at $20,000 which is comical since you can get orginal unaltered autographed 3 x 5's of Ruth and Gehrig for less than $10k.
I remember when the Sweet Spot cards cam out and there was a Ted Williams numbered 9/9 that sold for over $6k. I just don't understand why some collectors think that a perfectly good autographed Ted Williams ball when cut up and placed on a card and then numbered increased the value over 10 times the amount of the original item.
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02-16-2010, 01:56 PM #5
Re: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
Wow. First glance at those autographs - both look "off". I wonder where those came from?
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02-16-2010, 06:00 PM #6
Re: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
Gehrig looks ok but its too light to be sure. Ruth looks fake.
The real prize would be finding an Ernie DeWitt Blue Jays autographed card.
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02-16-2010, 06:16 PM #7
Re: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
not sure on the gehrig? like vintage it's to light to be for sure,but the "babe ruth" look's like a mrs. ruth signed "babe ruth" autograph to me.
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02-19-2010, 05:19 PM #8
Re: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
http://cgi.ebay.com/2007-UD-Historic...item5d281157b4
Bad Ruth sig AND a destroyed Maris sig.Dave
Looking for 1990's STL Cardinal starting pitcher's bats
River City Redbird Authentics
http://www.freewebs.com/bigtruck260/
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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02-19-2010, 05:41 PM #9
Re: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
Dave
Looking for 1990's STL Cardinal starting pitcher's bats
River City Redbird Authentics
http://www.freewebs.com/bigtruck260/
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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02-21-2010, 10:05 PM #10
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Re: This is for SAMMY...Ruth/Gehrig
Hi,
In my opinion, neither the Lou Gehrig or Babe Ruth autographs are authentic.