By saying that's it's not "not" uncommon, you are saying that it's "ordinary" or "widespread". How many Sitting Bull autographs have you owned or seen?
Childlike signature = fraudulent in many cases with Sitting Bull and sure he played the role of Bob Feller in the late 19th Century (as did Geronimo, Annie Oakley and even the Red Baron sold signatures), but how many of these actually survived over the 120-125 years?
RR Auctions have sold eight signatures in fourteen years and average out to about $4,000 per ($8,000 for playing cards).
As far as these exemplars go of 19th Century and early 20th Century players, these authenticators have all invested in the Sports Collector's Digest (figures that they published it, huh?) Mark Allen Baker book of Hall Of Fame signatures. Wait until Ron's book comes out and you will see that Dan Brouthers didn't sign his name like a nine year old.
And Ron is still missing a few for his book and he won't use examples from the Coach Factory for the book.
DanC
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