Do I Remove Fake Ty Cobb Autograph From Genuine Hughie Jennings Signed Bat??

[JasonD08]

pictures?

[Bpm0014]

Click the link above

[Fred]

Leave it as is. James Spence isn't always right. He shouldn't be depended on to be the last word in signatures and autographs. It's an "opinion", and sometimes (actually many times) I'd have to believe those opinoins are not correct.

If they're true period signatures then removing the signatures would only lessen the overall appeal of the bat.

[Bpm0014]

Thanks all appreciate it. From the scans the Cobb looks waaaaay off. The Donie Bush looks ok to me...

[yanks12025]

Please post pictures over on the autograph forum. I'd be curious what people thing of the jennings auto. If jsa thinks all others are fake, then why is the jennings different? Also I've never seen clubhouse autos in the 1910s.

[Al C.risafulli]

I look at it this way: the bat presents really well, it's a nice bat and it's got Hugh Jennings' signature on it.

If you spent the money to have the bad signatures professionally removed, you'd have a nice bat that presents really well, with Hugh Jennings' signature on it. And you'd be a little lighter in the wallet.

In other words, I'd leave it as-is. It's a nice bat.

-Al

[autograf]

The bat says Scott.....how is it Hughie Jennings game used?

[Michael B]

I would probably leave it as it is. One thing you may wish to consider: This was signed with some steel tipped writing instrument. The merely signing of the names on the wood would (?!-!!) leave an indentation. Even if you could find someone to remove the ink there would still be 'ghost' signatures visible in the varnish. If someone were to try to then remove the varnish to smooth out the wood and blend new varnish back into the original there would be a chance they could damage the Jennings signature. Probably a small chance, but worth considering.