Authentic Old Judge card?

[RCMcKenzie]

Let me rephrase what I said... It's worth a couple of bucks to me as a novelty. I think it's funny. I would be a buyer at the current level of less than $4.

[caramelcard]

I love "mighty bombjack"

[kkkkandp]

Kind of hard to tell with 100% certainty, but there are just too many "maybes" for me to think the card is real.

I'm no handwriting expert, but the autograph seems dubious as well.

Card on EBAY first; PSA sample second:

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

Kind of hard to tell with 100% certainty, but there are just too many "maybes" for me to think the card is real.

I'm no handwriting expert, but the autograph seems dubious as well.

Card on EBAY first; PSA sample second:

Looks to me like someone may have modeled after this 2004 Topps Tribute cut signature card, which is pretty suspect in itself.

[kkkkandp]

That is very interesting. I wish there was someone on the board who could speak to this more eloquently.

If one assumes the PSA example is correct (the PSA site says simply it is an 1885 example, but it looks like a list, so who knows if it wasn't written by someone else [http://www.psaautographfacts.com/Aut...timothy-keefe]) the ebay and Topps examples do look very much alike to the untrained eye with the split base and the larger loop on the cap of the T.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by caramelcard

I love "mighty bombjack"

Thank you! And thanks to everyone who has commented here. Good opinions and info, just as I was seeking.