Babe Ruth Forgery? - They Never Give Up

[sammy]

Be advised that this seller may not be legitimate, nor the autograph.

The seller of this alleged Babe Ruth signature was previously discussed in an earlier thread. Please view the following link.

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_f...read.php?t=460

At that time, he was selling a book with this signature on the title page. That auction was subsequently canceled by eBay and the seller suspended. Please view the following link.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Babe-Ruth-Autogr...QQcmdZViewItem

Now this seller has reregistered on eBay under a different name and now the book has disappeared and only the signature remains. This is the lie he is stating now.

"I got this signature back in the 70's from a dealer.
It was in a book but the person had cut it out. The book is long gone."

Kind of funny that he just had the book with this exact signature on eBay less then two weeks ago, but yet states in his current auction that the signature was cut from this book back in the 1970s. Please view the link to see the new auction with the same old autograph.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Babe-Ruth-Signat...QQcmdZViewItem

Here are the two signatures from the original auction and the current one. As you can see, these are the same autograph and the same photo, just the book title has been cropped from the new auction. Please view the link.

<a href="http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?i...uthbook0zd.jpg" target="_blank /></a>

From reviewing his previous eBay feedback, this seller had a problem sending the items after payment, and would not accept credit cards or PayPal.

In reviewing his current auctions, he has a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card with only a 99.00 starting bid and no reserve. Let the fun begin.

[Fraudfinder!!]

I tried to bid on this auction with a few seconds to go however the seller had blocked me from bidding. The winning bid was $1,225.00 from a eby member with a high feedback rateing. I emailed the buyer and warned him about the scam. In reading this auction he would like payment "asap" hopefully before Christmas....