Walter Johnson or wife?

[RelicSports]

Thanks for chiming in Hank! I thought that looked awfully similar to Johnson's early 20's (pre-1925) signature, but when Legendary referenced it as in his wife's hand, it made me question past signatures that have sold as authentic to Walter Johnson.

[shelly]

Originally Posted by Bearfan4

Thanks for chiming in Hank! I thought that looked awfully similar to Johnson's early 20's (pre-1925) signature, but when Legendary referenced it as in his wife's hand, it made me question past signatures that have sold as authentic to Walter Johnson.

Still not close here is 1919 sig.
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[shelly]

One more you can compare.
Wrong slant on your picture not signed by him. Just my humble opinion.
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[thetruthisoutthere]

That Walter Johnson looks good to me.

[David Atkatz]

Looks good to me, too.

[Leon]

Since we are on Walter Johnson this won't be too far off topic. I got this scan in an email very recently. The person told me that his uncle got it and saw it signed. He has absolutely no interest in selling it and his email to me was one concerning valuation. Of course I told him $100 and might know a buyer . Actually, I said 5k-10k but hard to say after that....could be a lot more, who knows? And I told him so too....I have only seen about 3 of these cards. They are rare to start with.
Here is a bit of the correspondence.


Leon,

On September 8, 2007, you posted an image of a Walter Johnson Oakland Tribune Card on the Net 54 Vintage Baseball Card Forum. I know it's many years later, but I was specifically researching that card because my uncle gave it to me when I was a boy. Uniquely, Walter Johnson signed the card in his presence. I thought you might have an idea of it's value, or where I could go to get it appraised. I'm a big baseball fan and it has sentimental value, so I would really appreciate any information. Thank you very much.

and in a subsequent email follow up-


Thank you very much for your reply. I'm planning on giving it to my son (also a big baseball fan). I though you would enjoy seeing it. It is in good condition except for the crease mark in the middle where my uncle folded it. I'm sure he didn't know as a 16 year old boy meeting Walter Johnson that the card would someday be so special. Again, I really appreciate your thoughtfulness in replying.

R.




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[shelly]

I am not good at old timers. I looked at the autographs from Hunt and it just does not look the same. I will stick to what I know.

[JimStinson]

Vintage JOE WOOD Autograph circa 1930
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[Scott Garner]

Here are two examples of Walter Johnson's signature from a similar time period to compare. Both of these are from my personal collection.

FWIW, I believe the Huggins and Scott signed photo to be an authentic example of Walter Johnson's signature. It's obvious that Walter changed the formation of the "W" and the "J" in his signature during the mid-to later 1920's, but many characters in his handwriting and the way he formed numerical characters remained fairly constant.

The first is the exact same photo image as the one posted at the beginning of this thread signed and dated by WaJo on June 15, 1927. This was signed right before Walter retired as a player at the end of 1927.

The second exemplar is a March, 1929 GPC questionnaire that was signed and filled out by Walter. This was signed just as Mr. Johnson was about to launch his career as a baseball manager.

You be the judge...

[Hankphenom]

Walter managed in the big leagues for seven seasons. Not a long time, as managers go, but hardly "brief," either. And he did quite well, all things considered.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Walter managed in the big leagues for seven seasons. Not a long time, as managers go, but hardly "brief," either. And he did quite well, all things considered.

Hi Hank,
The word "brief" has been officially removed from my post.
Thanks for correcting my oversight. Sorry for my unintentional slight.