Help with a Ted Williams signed item

[bobbyw8469]

I won this from Hunt Auctions around 10 years ago. It is on the wall in my man cave. I have doubts whether the signature is real or not. Does this look OK to ya'll??

[ronniehatesjazz]

Robert, others on here are probably more qualified but I'm with you. Definitely atypical. I've never seen his auto not connect the "d" to the "W" except with his early signatures where the W is completely different. However, if you look at items he signed as Theodore, the W looks very similar. I'd love to say that this is just an atypical example but I've never seen a connection from the "m" to "s" look like that. He always struck me as someone who was very meticulous with his signature and I can't see him adding an extra hump in a "m" like that. However again, it's hard for me to tell by the picture what exactly the cut is signed on. It doesn't look like a simple, smooth, index card. If the surface is rough then I could easily see some oddities with a signature and perhaps that's the case here. You can imagine starting to sign your signature and then stopping when it gets difficult and moving on to the next part. Hoping that's what happened here because it's a cool piece.

[bobbyw8469]

Thank you so much. At first, I just wrote this off as an outright fake...but the more I look at it, I agree....this may simply be just an early atypical signature.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Thank you so much. At first, I just wrote this off as an outright fake...but the more I look at it, I agree....this may simply be just an early atypical signature.

This is the BST section. There is an actual section for autographs that would get you more answers. https://net54baseball.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31

What did you ever decide about the Bob and wife Feller card?

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by bnorth

This is the BST section. There is an actual section for autographs that would get you more answers. https://net54baseball.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31

What did you ever decide about the Bob and wife Feller card?

I tucked it away in a box with the other 5,000 cards I have......I got 3 now with autographs that I want to send to PSA.