Thoughts on Chief Bender and Earle Combs..

[jgmp123]

I just took a chance on this Chief Bender and Earle Combs signed newspaper...Also, has Jimmie Dykes...

Thoughts on the Chief and Combs???

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1951-Phila-A...vip=true&rt=nc

[David Atkatz]

They are both good.
But I don't understand your worry. It's obviously an in-person piece--all signed at the same time, with the same pencil. They're either all good, or the whole thing's a forgery. And why anyone would forge those names would be a real mystery.

[jgmp123]

Let's just call it typical paranoia....

[ATP]

Looks good to me, and I have spent many hours studying Chief Bender's signature.

[tazdmb]

Now I know who outbid me on that item, Glad to know going to a fellow forum member.

[jgmp123]

Ha! Sorry about that...Working on the HOF collection and couldn't beat the great price for the two.....

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

They are both good.
But I don't understand your worry. It's obviously an in-person piece--all signed at the same time, with the same pencil. They're either all good, or the whole thing's a forgery. And why anyone would forge those names would be a real mystery.

If I were a forger, I'd add the other names so that a potential buyer would think what you just did. Example: a 1927 Yankees baseball with Ruth and Gehrig - add the other minor player names and it makes those two look just that more legit.

[David Atkatz]

Hmmm... Do you think that Jimmie Dykes decided to scrunch his name into the corner, in order to leave a big space for someone to add a signature fifty years later?