Hilton Smith Help

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

I think its fine for what thats worth.

Rhys

Why? Nothing about this signature says its authentic....

[prewarsports]

Take away the first H (which I know some people will have a hard time doing because of formation even though the height and slant is fine, but just do it for the sake of argument) then compare each letters height, slant, and formation to other known examples like the other 3X5 posted and it is 100% dead on in every way. I think the H formation had to do with the fact that he was using a felt tip pen and every other one I have seen in the hobby was ballpoint.

Sometimes people get fixated on one thing and forget to look at the other 10-15 letters. Signatures are not an exact science and just because one letter looks off doesn't automatically mean the whole thing is bad, a lot of it depends on on time, place, medium, instrument used etc. Obviously others disagree with me here and thats fine, its not an exact science just an opinion, but I believe it to be authentic when taking all factors into account.

Just my opinion.

Rhys

[r2678]

prewar - I kinda see what you're seeing but notice the spacing between the S and m in Smith. Also, the formation of the m. I'm not really familiar with his auto but those are two things that jumped out at me.

[collectbaseball]

Most of the ones I'm looking at have an L at least as tall as the T in "Hilton."

[earlywynnfan]

Little late on this, but here's a letter handwritten by Smith. Looking at the words, I see one with an H that connects and one that doesn't.

Ken

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

Little late on this, but here's a letter handwritten by Smith. Looking at the words, I see one with an H that connects and one that doesn't.

Ken

Earlywynn,

I do agree that the letter was written and signed by Hilton Smith, but I do believe that "Hilton Smith" at the bottom of your letter was written by someone else....

[prewarsports]

I would be interested to see another signature in a thick sharpie or something like that. I think its fine, but who am I to say, I dont authenticate for money so my opinion really doesn't mean much. (smiley face goes here)

Rhys