a.g. spaulding auto ebay
 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1906-A-G-Spa...item4ac0dd062a i had seen this on ebay and had looked at autos on line of known real autos of his and i'm really not sure if its real but any help would be great.

Ed, I can't say if it is good or bad. I would suggest sending it out to someone you trust and spend fifty to a hundred dollars.:)

Did he misspell his own name because the check was made out to "Spaulding," or is it a forgery?

If it's a forgery, the forger made a rubber stamp with the correct spelling, so why would he misspell the name?.

There is a "u" in both the name on front and the signature in the back. I assume Mr. Spalding knew how to spell his name.

Plus, as the saying goes-If the price is too good to be true....

That's what I'm talking about.

One possibility is that since the check was made out to 'Spaulding," Spalding signed it that way. (When I was a kid I remember my father explaining to me that you had to sign a check exactly as it was written on the front.)

If the check is forged, and the forger misspelled Spalding's name on the front and back, why did the forger spell it correctly in the red ink rubber stamp on the back?

As a purchaser, it looks bad to me. But an authenticator might have exemplars from the ca. 1906 timeframe that prove me wrong - I am not inclined to dig around that much.

Also, 'A.G. Spaulding' refers to the company, so couldn't anyone from the company sign 'A.G. Spaulding' on the back? I have several billhead examples from the John B. Stetson Company, that are signed 'John B. Stetson', but not by the man himself.

Good point. Since the check was deposited in the company account, it could have been endorsed by anyone.

It is not Spaldings autograph, not even close in my opinion. I think Scott is right, someboday probably endorsed the check on behalf of the company.