Pie Traynor opinion, please

[djson1]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

Well it looks nothing like the genuine exemplars in Ron K's book...in fact, it looks most like the example Ron K gives of a Pie Traynor sig that was forged by Honus Wagner.

Honus used to forge Pie Traynor's signature? I never knew he was such a character.

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by djson1

Honus used to forge Pie Traynor's signature? I never knew he was such a character.

Yeah, when Wags was a Pirates coach apparently he sometimes did "clubhouse" signatures for players in his own hand. I recall seeing a Pirates "team signed" item at an auction house in the last few years where it was determined that the entire team's signatures were forged by Honus Wagner.

Cheers,
Blair

[djson1]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

Yeah, when Wags was a Pirates coach apparently he sometimes did "clubhouse" signatures for players in his own hand. I recall seeing a Pirates "team signed" item at an auction house in the last few years where it was determined that the entire team's signatures were forged by Honus Wagner.

Do you happen to remember if that ball sold at a high price/premium? Just knowing that Honus signed the whole ball (albeit in other names) would probably make it very collectible.

Honus must have had a lot of time on his hands when he wasn't playing ball. haha