Help with Fred Hofman autograph
 

I entitled my last thread with the wrong name. Any help with your opinions as to the authenticity of this Fred Hofman signature is greatly.appreciated.

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Are you looking for a Fred Hoffman? Otherwise, why would Fred Hofman spell his name with two F's?

I noticed the same, but after closer inspection, I convinced myself that the additional f might be a crease in the paper.

This signature is Hoffman.

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Fantastic image. Please let me know how you were able to capture this. Thanks!!

In my research, I found references to spelling his name with one f and two fs, provided it is the Fred Hoffman that was born in 1894 and died in 1964 and played for the Yankees and Red Sox from 1919-1928.

My question is, is this autograph authentic?

Thanks again for your help!!

This is from a Goldin auction of a Fred Hoffman Yankees payroll check

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Thanks for pulling out your examplars. I'd be interested in opinions from this board as to the authenticity of the autograph I posted, relative to this examplars.

Thanks again, Bob.

I have no opinion on whether it is the same person as the one who played for the Yankees.

As to how I changed it: I copied the image as a jpeg. Put it in Adobe Photoshop then using the Enhance tab I adjusted the lighting and contrast to make the signature more visible. After saving it I used Ulead photo express paint function to circle the 'f'.

Thank you for going to that effort to help me.