Signed T206 Joe Tinker

[ATP]

I have owned this card for almost four years and it has been one of my favorites. I do believe it to be authentic, but I know that PSA and SGC would not slab it back in 2015. In general I respect their opinions but I believe they missed the mark on this one, for whatever reason. I had someone have JSA look at it at that time as well, and at first I thought it was going to pass but in the end they deemed it inconclusive neither failing nor passing it. I know one of the things they saw was an area of latent ink under the bottom portion of the "J", which I saw as well under UV light, and I originally attributed it to the pen not writing well or a restart. I would never have bought the card for myself if I wasn't confident in it, and I would never sell the card if I did not feel it was authentic, despite it not being slabbed. I spent countless hours on it when it was first purchased, and I feel it is a great match for a later teens/1920's style of signature with the "mushroom top" on the "T". I purchased it from a board member who bought it many many years ago, I can't recall exactly when but for time reference he said that Tinker autographs then were selling for $75 but he paid double that as a premium for it being singed on a Tobacco card (probably sometime in the 1980's).

My collecting focus has changed away from T206 autographs, and I am looking to sell this card to someone who may feel the same as I do about it, with the full disclosure of it's past. It's likely the only signed T206 of Tinker out there. Please message me or email me directly as I am open to respectful offers on it. The images below show the front and back, and the third scan I changed the contrast on my scanner so that the signature is easier to see. Thanks for taking the time to look.