Did Joe Dugan Collect T206 As A Teenager? Research Help Needed

[Scott36153]

Very interesting indeed. But IDK.... that doesn't really look like a 12-14 year old's handwriting to me. But that was a different time back then, so IDK lol

[z28jd]

I didn't know there was a time limit upon release of the cards for people to sign them. I've been breaking that code left and right recently with my stash of 1987 Topps cards

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by z28jd

I didn't know there was a time limit upon release of the cards for people to sign them. I've been breaking that code left and right recently with my stash of 1987 Topps cards

Understood. However, I have seen hundreds of Dugan signatures from singles to teams to groupings to cut and have not once seen one that he signed simply "J Dugan". That obviously doesn't exclude the possibility that (if this is his signature) that he couldn't have signed it like that just this once.

Also, why would he sign the back of a Christy Mathewson T206 card later in life? Perhaps if he happened upon it in the 30's or 40's and did it perhaps. But the "J" is nothing like what his signature looked like from the mid 1920's on.

Tom C