January Pick Ups

[David Atkatz]

Notice the two differently-formed "C"s, and "g"s, in two signatures, done immediately, one-after-the-other. The "B"s, too.

(That's why autograph authentication ain't as simple as "the 'B' doesn't look right.")

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Notice the two differently-formed "C"s, and "y"s, in two signatures, done immediately, one-after-the-other. The "B"s, too.

(That's why autograph authentication ain't as simple as "the 'B' doesn't look right.")

David,
I noticed exactly the same thing. I thought it was very weird that a person would sign so inconsistently in one sitting. There's a definate lesson to be learned there...

[David Atkatz]

Oops. Meant "g"s, not "y"s.

[Runscott]

It could be that Carrigan was aware that his signature varied, so he provided two examples so that 21st century people would not be confused.

[packs]

Maybe he signed the bottom one first and didn't like it. Sometimes at work I'll hate my signature and print another letter to sign.

[Scott Garner]

Jim Stinson and I discussed this today when I purchased the Carrigan GPC.

Several players routinely signed a GPC twice. I believe that this came at the request of some of the earlier TTM hobbiests who requested this so they actually could get two cuts out of one GPC.

You will see former players such as Smoky Joe Wood and Bill Carrigan consistently sign GPC's in this manner. Quirky, but pretty cool!

What caused Carrigan to sign differently on the same GPC? I don't have a clue...

[chaddurbin]

thx to jarrod for this koufax.