John Titus Phillies Player Cancelled Checks

[mettoy66]

I contacted PSA and he is not on file so they will not authenticate. JSA wants over $400.00 to do the first and I am not sure it is worth it as I don't know value on his auto. These where found in the house I grew up in St. Clair, PA. Also John Titus's hometown. He is a distant relation to me on my mothers side of the family. Other then that I know he died during the war and these checks are from his later life. Know he is famous as the mustached man of the T206 Set!

[canjond]

The "T" in Titus compares somewhat favorable to his T-205 card.

[btcarfagno]

There should be an example in the book "Dead Ball Stars Of The National League". I will have a look and let you know what I see.

If authentic these are wonderful pieces. Not sure if the mysterious premium his T206 card carries would translate to his autograph, but all T206 player autographs are in demand. He died in 1943, so the autograph is certainly very tough. These are the first I have seen.

Tom C

[tazdmb]

I am sorry to turn this into a bash-JSA post, but c'mon. $400! All of a sudden they will find an example in their exemplar archive of his autograph. They will do (at most) exactly what Tom recommended doing. I respect PSA for the fact that they admit that can't render an opinion and therefore will not take your money.

Buy the way-beautiful checks!

[Jay Wolt]

I collect checks and prefer non-slabbed ones.
Way too bulky and usually you can tell the authenticity of the bank stampings and signature.

To me there is no doub't the sigs are authentic & they were left in his home town & s a distant relative.
No need for anyone to fake his sig in '38
& no need to spend $400 to authenticate.

[btcarfagno]

His signature line in the Deadball book is blank. One of the few they did not find an exemplar for. Mr. Titus must be very tough indeed.

Tom C