Help on Ott Goudey

[Jasonxmay]

I just found this thread. I don't post much on here, but I was the winner of the Huggins and Scott Ott 33 Goudey. I went a little overboard on the price, but I now have a matching pair!

Ott.jpg

1933 Goudey Ott, Mel.jpg

[ATP]

Nice pickup, love the signed goudey 1933 cards. Are my eyes deceiving me, or is the overlap backwards on the "l" in Mel on the red back ground card, second card pictured. Did he patch some of the ink or is it just the scan?

[Jasonxmay]

The shading on the jersey makes it look that way, but it's definitely one stroke. I'll try to get a closer scan posted tomorrow.

Jason

[HRBAKER]

Here's the match for the green pencil signed one:

[Jasonxmay]

Here's a closer view of the signature. It still looks different on the scan, but it's a dark spot on his jersey that is giving it the illusion of a backstroke.

[ATP]

Like I said, my eyes could be deceiving me but it still seems like the tail end of the "l" in Mel in underneath the start of the "l". It must just be the scan, take a look at it under loupe and see which stroke is on top of which.

[Lordstan]

Interesting observation.
I agree that it appears the upstroke of the "L" is on top of the tail.
I think there are 2 possible very plausible explanations.
First, if you notice from the downstroke of the "e" to midway up the upstroke of the "L," the ink is significantly darker than the ink before or after. This ink heaviness could account for a lighter tail of the "L" to not appear to be on top. The second could be that the E to L transition was light when it was signed and either Ott, or the original grapher at the time, went over the area with more ink. This would mean the tail would ion fact be beneath. If it wasn't Ott, I think it would've had to have been the original grapher because the ink looks identical to the rest of the ink used. What are the odds that someone after the fact would be able to find ink that was an exact match to the original.