Every year PSA/DNA publishes their list of the ten "most dangerous" autographs. By "most dangerous " of course they mean the autographs that are at most risk of fraud. It's no secret in the hobby that the autograph business along with many other facets of sports memorabilia collecting is rife with fraud and forgery and PSA believes that two of the hobby's biggest names - Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig - are also the most dangerous. In fact 60% of the Ruth signatures submitted to PSA for authentication are rejected as fraudulent. When even the most faded Ruth and Gehrig signatures routinely bring thousands at auction authenticity is crucial. Even more important however is provenance. The provenance of a piece can provide documented evidence of authenticity; the shorter chain of ownership the more verifiable an item's story. In fact it is our opinion that provenance is just as important as third-party authentication; over the years we have been fortunate to offer some signed pieces that boast outstanding provenance and feature some of the most important signatures in sports. This is yet another outstanding example to add to the list. We are thrilled to offer this incredible baseball signed by three larger-than-life figures from 1930s sports: Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig and heavyweight champion James Braddock. The three signatures (along with a fourth signature that of unidentified signor "E Brown") were applied to this Pennant brand baseball at some point in the 1930s and then carefully stored for more than seventy years passed down through the lineage of the same New Jersey family. The family carefully stored the ball in low light and later in a safety deposit box avoiding the temptation of excessive handling and thus maintaining the boldness and darkness of the signatures. Ruth's signature occupies its customary location on the ball's sweet spot with Braddock adding his signature in black ink underneath that of Ruth. At some point the ink from Ruth's signature began to smudge which is clearly visible around the sweet spot though the signature itself is inexplicably not smudged - it is in fact clear and bold. Gehrig applied his signature on the west panel apparently in the same ink as that of Ruth (due to the light smudging around Gehrig's signature). "E Brown" signed underneath Gehrig's signature in black ink. Unfortunately neither our consignor authenticator James Spence or we are able to ascertain who "E Brown" might be. We imagine that affix