Must've been elsewhere that I posted my thoughts, but I agree the stem of the T is at LEAST Cobb retracing the letter after he was done, with fresh ink. You can see something underneath that bold heavy pressure mark that doesn't match anything else in the signature. It certainly makes me curious at the very least. I also can't imagine selling it without at least discussing that oddity. Aren't we supposed to be done pretending the word of the 3rd party is sufficient? If you really want to go in depth, from everything I've seen his stem normally leans right to left coming down from the top, and this heavy mark is straight up and down, but I can see a leaning stem in a much more appropriate pressure line to the left of the heavy one. I think this one part of the autograph is a retrace. Again it could have been Cobb himself for some reason. I just hate not acknowledging such a strange characteristic. Heritage appears more interested in blaming concussions for Lou Gehrig's amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Mickey Mantle's drinking in the description than, well, describing the item.
Last edited by Aquarian Sports Cards; 01-27-2020 at 06:12 PM.
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