[T206Collector]

It's a pretty sweet "J. Honus Wagner" signature, if you ask me. I do agree that the intent of the signer here -- that he was addressing this to someone other than himself -- makes it funky. But, what constitutes a "signature" is a rabbit hole the journey through which has many twists and turns. While most people prefer a signature that was designed by the subject to represent his or her name, why that should matter is a really difficult question to answer that raises a fundamental philosophical question - why do people collect the signatures of people in the first place? What about that medium creates interest?

You see this sometimes in Ty Cobb signatures as well. I think he wrote letters to his son Ty Junior. People pass those off as Ty Cobb signatures as well, with the same expected raised eyebrows.