Willie Mays Auto Opinion

[quinnsryche]

What do you all think of this one? I'm not sure either way.
Any and all opinions good or bad are appreciated. If no, please specify why so we can all learn.
Thanks!
Tony

[GrayGhost]

Could be a sloppy rushed example, but I don't like it

[ajquigs]

I got this picture signed in person at a card show around 35 years ago.
Both first letters in your example - the "W" and the "M" - get my attention ... specifically the rounded loops as opposed to points in both letters. I defer to others who are experts (I certainly am not) ... perhaps his style changed as he aged, but I'd say that example does not appear to be the signature I'm familiar with.

[MooseDog]

Back in the day both the Mets and the Yankees used to send out photos about that size with machine printed signatures. The signature is kind of pressed into the photo so it looks like it might have been signed but after you see a few of them it's pretty obvious they are reproduced.

[quinnsryche]

You can definitely see the indentation of the sig from the reverse. I'm torn, it looks like a real signature but I just don't know. A few more negative opinions might seal it for me.
Thanks so far guys, I appreciate it.

[Bigdaddy]

It looks like his ghost-signed signature that you would get from a mail request.

[ATP]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

You can definitely see the indentation of the sig from the reverse. I'm torn, it looks like a real signature but I just don't know. A few more negative opinions might seal it for me.
Thanks so far guys, I appreciate it.

Hi Tony, that Mays photo is a fairly common preprint from the era. Sometimes when they are machine stamped it will leave an impression visible on the reverse but it definitely isn't hand signed. When I get back to my computer later tonight or in the morning I will post an image of another one that is the same so you can see the photo and signature are an exact duplicate. Jeff