Hank Aaron opinions

[djson1]

Anybody care to give me their thoughts on this Aaron signed ball? Any Hank Aaron experts out there? I've always had trouble authenticating Aaron as his signature evolved quite a bit over the years. Thanks!

[Scott Garner]

Who is the league president on the ball?

[djson1]

Scott, it's a William (Bill) White ONL ball.

[dspuria]

I am not an autograph expert but I have been collecting Aaron for over 30 years and I have many Aaron autographs.

I believe your Aaron is real and that it was signed in the late '80's or early '90's. It matches up well with my Aaron autographs from that period. It is probably on a William White ball or possibly a Giamatti ball. See attached photos. First photo shows 3 White balls. Second photo shows evolution of Aaron's signature from Feeney (far left), to Giamatti (center) to White (far right). Sometime in the early '90's he truncated the "n" and the "k" for awhile. (He apparently had arthritis but was not taking any arthritis medicine at that time.)

Also, in the late '80's and early '90's, no one was forging Aaron since he was a $40 - $50 autograph.

Hope this helps.

[djson1]

Those are some nice Aaron signed balls, dspuria. Thanks for posting them. I especially like that Oh/Aaron ball. I recently passed on one just like that because I wasn't sure about the Aaron sig. The Oh definitely looks good to me though.

[dspuria]

My pleasure. Good luck.

[dgo71]

If I could borrow this thread, a friend of mine who buys collections recently acquired one of these Front Row Hank Aaron signed cards.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1992-FRONT-R...item4ae8a7276a

Supposedly certified but I have never seen an Aaron signature with an "H" like this, and the first "A" in Aaron doesn't sit right with me either. Checking eBay there are quite a few listed at what seems like steal prices for Aaron. I told him when he showed it to me that I didn't think it was authentic but he told me it was certified and he felt it was good. I wouldn't touch this card, even with the $30 BIN one is currently listed for. All I know about Front Row was that they produced draft pick sets for a year or two with players pictured in their HS/college uniforms, and then quickly disappeared. Does anyone have insight into this card? Any info is appreciated!