I am looking forward to the book as well. The forgers really loved Mark Allen's Baker book and the belief at the time what many 19th Century signatures "are suppose to look like" and what "the forgers have come to believe is true", will be refreshed. After all, I have authentic exemplars of Keefe and Brouthers and they didn't sign ANYTHING like what the perception is/was. They didn't sign their names like ten year olds, where it gave forgers a guide and you know what auction house ends up with cut and album page signatures in quantities. Ron is missing like six or seven Hall Of Famers (including John Clarkson) and I don't understand why he just doesn't "check out the Coach". After all, Clarkson balls, bats, cuts, pages... The rest he needs are those obscure Negro League players inducted a few years back. Should open some eyes.
DanC
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