Cy Young Auto Sporting Life Cabinet

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Posted By: Marty Ogelvie

Having never had an autographed certified by Spence or anyone for that matter. What is the typical procedure?  Do you first authenticate the period and then try to confirm the signature itself?    Would you list this card prior to confirmation on the signature?  It seems to me that the card would garner more money if the seller had waited on the certification.   Any comments on this sig?  look good? http://tinyurl.com/5g9rhw

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Posted By: ali_lapoint

i'm no expert but it doesn't really look like any of the other young certified autographs on ebay right now. the "young" portion of the signature is different. could be that its an early signature and i'm not saying it isn't real. here's a signature for comparison:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-CY-YOUNG-SIGNED-AUTO-HOF-HALL-FAME-CARD-JSA-PSA_W0QQitemZ140250428749QQihZ004QQcategoryZ53QQss PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted By: Chris

Why would someone list it if they were going to get the word on if it was authenticate in a week? Doubtful it is real.

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Posted By: Marty Ogelvie

Al,

Thanks for the link to the second auction.  Your right, the two look NOTHING alike.. Of couse, one is signed Cy and the other is signed DT.

It will be interesting to see where this one ends up. 

martyOgelvie
New York Yankee cards

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Posted By: T206Collector

...to have BVG/JSA encapsualte this card if authentic. And they would do it in about 20 days.

PSA/DNA would do it for $20, but it might take a month or more.



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Posted By: Phil Garry

Does everyone think that the card is authentic and only the autograph is in question?

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Posted By: JC

Hopefully the high bid will be on the merits of the card itself and not the autograph. Cy Young's signature was always sloppy and crude, even during his playing days.

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Posted By: Arthur Lobbe

Actually the second one sounds a little shady to me as well. It doesn't look like your typical Black and White HOF Postcard, nor do I like the comment that "SMR never saw one". Who is SMR? Some CIA operative? I have one that's slabbed by PSA/DNA. Something is off here.

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Posted By: ali_lapoint

the second one is authenticated by james spence. i dont think there is a question about the authenticity of the signature in the listing i posted.

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Posted By: dstudeba

SMR is "Sports Market Report" a monthly PSA price guide/publication. Hall of Fame postcards had a variety of changes over the years. I see no problems with the second card or signature.

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Posted By: Arthur Lobbe

I was attempting to make a joke about the SMR. Obviously it failed. Having a PSA/DNA B&W Young I know the population is at least one. I am concerned that there is no copy of Jimmy's cert nor a reference to the cert#. There have been 3 basic changes to the HOF card and maybe it is the picture but it still looks funky to me.

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Posted By: Darren

It appears to have been signed by Irv Young...

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Arthur, I caught the joke and it was a good one, though not as good as Darren's.

As for the card, how many more red flags can one view here? Next thing we know the seller will claim that Cy signed the card at a show while sitting next to Sal Bando a couple years back -- and Spence authenticated both at the same time.

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Posted By: dstudeba

My mistake, it will not be made again.