Twice signed Honus book in HA auction

[baseballart]

I don't know if anyone has any comments on these signatures. Book sold for $1673 in May 2012 auction.

A friend reminded me that we had looked at these back in 1997. PSA/DNA and Jim Spence. As always, I can't even recognize my own signature, but I am interested in hearing what others think.

http://sports.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7051&lotNo=81982

http://images.ha.com/lf?set=path%5B8%2F0%2F9%2F2%2F8092814%5D%2Csizedat a%5B450x2000%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D


http://images.ha.com/lf?set=path%5B8%2F0%2F9%2F2%2F8092827%5D%2Csizedat a%5B450x2000%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D

[Runscott]

Max, I would guess both are legit.

The second one looks fine, and the inscription above the first one looks typical of his messy writing at that time. His signature could vary a lot, and it looks like a labored effort to be neat, which makes sense when signing a book.