A few more HOF sigs for your examination

[tha-rock]

At the suggestion of Michael, I'm going to start a new thread for you vintage autograph sleuths. As before, all help will be appreciated.

Joss is a steel tipped fountain pen on a piece of paper glued to cardboard. I tried to peel back a corner of the paper to see if I could tell what was on the back of the paper, but it looked like it would destroy the autograph, so I stopped.

The Vance is a real 33 Goudey. Parts of the sig look good to me, other parts don't.

The Bender Cracker Jack appears to be a real vintage card but I am not sure. It has been trimmed and glued to white paper. I have tried to peel back the paper and the back appears to be a Cracker Jack on very thin paper. I know it is not a modern Dover reprint. it is signed in steel tipped pen which unfortunately skipped badly on the B in his name.

The Wilbert Robinson is a pencil cut with some damage. At one time this was glued to a glossy photograph but it has been cut from the photograph. According to a note I found, I acquired this from Dan Ginsburg.

The Mathewson looks like it was taken from the back of a writing tablet or the inside of a book and is on cardboard. I have always had considerable doubts about this one.

Spalding is a very small fountain pen cut. Considerable doubts about this one as well.

Candy Cummings- sure hope this one is good. It is a handwritten receipt in pencil on aged lined notebook paper.


Thanks guys!

[tazdmb]

I believe all the cuts are bad. The fact that they are all cuts doesn’t help.

[theshleps]

Ive never seen Cummings or Joss before. I'd give a no to the rest tho I am no expert but I have reasons for each when comparing to ones I have or have seen

[parker1b2]

I think there is only one known legitimate Joss and it's in someone's private collection , so I would be highly suspect of the one you have. Hopefully the experts will chime in on your collection.

[daves_resale_shop]

All no good in my opinion.

Look like a few were penned in the same hand/same pen

Ink bleed is not what i would expect to see in a 100 year old piece...

I hope that you do not have a lot invested in them

David linardy

[Duluth Eskimo]

Those are all bad. Many of the items are not old enough to date them to the time of a possible signature. Add to that the bleeding in the signatures and the light and softly written and labored appearance adds up to no good.

[bgar3]

I would at least check the Spalding out as it seems like it might be the famous violinest, just not A G Spalding of baseball fame etc.
No thoughts on the others.