Horrible signatures
OK OK...I know we've beaten this dead horse into the ground many a time, but just had to share Paul Goldschmidt's signature. How horrible of a signature is this?
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNj...V0nrf/$_58.JPG I can only make out the "P" and maybe an "L"...the "au" has obviously disappeared. At the end of his signature looks like a "Y"...but there's no "Y" in his name! What's wrong with these young kids?? :confused: IF he becomes one of the game's greats (which I doubt), it will be so easy to forge his auto. |
By today's standard that is a pretty good lucking signature.
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If it wasn't for the picture of him nobody would ever get that. that's exactly why I don't collect autographs
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I've said it before but the concept of collecting a signature only if it appeals to you in some artistic way is weird to me. I don't care if Babe Ruth's signature is his thumb print. I'll take it.
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True, but a signature is your own personal mark. If everyone just wrote their name in cursive, it would be just as easy to forge.
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It's a generational thing. People in general, not just athletes, don't take pride in their handwriting like they did 80 years ago. In the grand scheme of things, it wasn't all that long ago that a person's social status could be determined by their handwriting but we've come a long way since then. It's almost like complaining that a gallon of gas doesn't cost 12 cents anymore.
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Catholic school.
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I agree with the generational theory. Complaints have now trickled all the way down to the way people write their name.
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i don't care to discuss the legibility of a player's signature (again), but yes goldschmidt is a great player, a superstar...it's ok to say.
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Look at this Mantle
I've never seen anything so bad....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTL...item5d5c4c98f2 |
Here is a father and son's auto. No clue why I still collect players from the last 20 years.
http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/...Aleksander.jpg http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/...eksander-1.jpg |
It's bad enough that in the Mets' programs they have a section where they show players' signatures and ask you to identify the player.
One has to wonder - do the players sign their contracts and other legal paperwork the same way? |
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Signatures are the same as anything else in my opinion. You get to know them because you're familiar with how they look. That's how you tell a fake one from an authentic one. I see no difference in learning what Derek Jeter's signature looks like vs. reading Babe Ruth.
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One I recently picked up:
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...%20Kershaw.jpg What is it, Arabic? Cause it sure isn't the Alphabet... |
Another "special" modern autograph
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Here's another laughable modern signature.
I don't know about you, but I don't see how you possibly can get Hisashi Iwakuma out of this signature, but this is his sig from 2012. Umm, OK... Why do I care? Hisashi Iwakuma just threw a no-hitter a couple of weeks ago in Seattle & I collect the signatures of all no-hit pitchers. That includes nice ones and some that look like these. Just to add to the intrigue, Iwakuma now has a newer version of his sig that looks nothing like this and is equally as illegible... :eek: |
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Check these out....
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Amazinlgy those are all apparently authentic "signatures" of the same individual, a rookie by the way. He looks like he could be big player too....
Here's 4 more that all still look different .... it's....Miguel Sano |
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Beauties, aren't they
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carlos gomez's auto is the worst.
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Heres a few more. There is no way to authenticate any of these sigs.
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For those complaining about player signatures...let see some of your signatures. Not just athletes who have horrible penmanship
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I enjoy signing my name...
Edited to add: to be fair, I do shorten it and do it more sloppy when signing non-important trivial things at times. However, for anything important, and if I were famous and signing for a fan I'd like to think I'd take my time and give each person a nice sig! |
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Dopey buyer probably paid for the "1/1." At least the "Mickey" is legible, but still...... http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTL...p2047675.l2557 Attachment 202812 |
Some fool paid over $450 for that?? I paid $250 for a great auto'd ball on this site.
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That's crazy, maybe if the decimal point was moved over one at 46.xx it may be about right...still a tad high.
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Being a yankee fan I look at signatures from guys like ruth, gehrig, mantle, dimaggio, ford etc... and overall it's night and day compared to today's players. There are some examples like Mariano rivera for example but overall most players today take no pride and make no effort in their signatures.
The only times I really do shorter, sloppy signatures is when I'm signing for a package or something like that when no one cares what my signature looks like but it's just a requirement and the mailman is in a rush to get to the next house too. |
This article is 2 years old, but sums up this topic well:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/sp...lyst.html?_r=0 |
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I think you can really pinpoint the decline of signatures to when card companies started having players sign thousands of cards (or stickers) for them in a single sitting.
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I think you can really pinpoint the decline of signatures to when card companies started having players sign thousands of cards (or stickers) for them in a single sitting.
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When a new drummer was added to the mix a few years ago, he wasn't allowed to sign for fans until he came up with a more readable signature. Doug |
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Ok, ok stay calm :D
Models and movie stars are probably worse than ballplayers. And PSA authenticates them,,, I have no idea how. |
That's OK, I looked at that three times before I even noticed it was signed. :eek:
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