Hughie Jennings, Ty Cobb autographs; help needed!

[ATP]

Hi Brendan, third times a charm :-) The autograph section is right above this one, right now it's posted in the memorabilia section so not sure if the right folks are going to see it here.
Best,
Jeff

[Bpm0014]

Agh!! I see it. Now to figure out how to move it..... Thanks Jeff. I hope all is well.

Brendan

[Econteachert205]

The cobb does not have the normal top cross on the t. The only cobb I could find that looked close in this way is here

http://www.mlive.com/sports/grand-ra...natures_o.html

What you said about if someone was going to forge a cobb why wouldn't it look more like his standard signature... Since the piece is period to ca. 1916 and most wouldn't know what a cobb sig would look like, much less be in the business of reselling one, I would still say that if not authentic, the cobb and other sigs we're put on in the clubhouse not to deceive collectors but to satisfy someone who wanted the sigs and probably never found out they weren't real. Still a cool piece.

[Runscott]

I don't know if this helps, but - while the 'C' in 'Cobb' doesn't look like how he normally signed a 'C', it does look like a 'C' from that time period - certainly not modern. So if this was forged, it was done a very long time ago.

[Bpm0014]

The ink is positively vintage and all the signatures were signed in the same ink. I just hate to give up so easily and dismiss these as forgeries. Especially since (again) the Stanage and Bush look ok to me.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

The ink is positively vintage and all the signatures were signed in the same ink. I just hate to give up so easily and dismiss these as forgeries. Especially since (again) the Stanage and Bush look ok to me.

I don't think the Cobb is as bad as you say it is - Cobb's signature was closer to this in the 1910's, and as I've already mentioned, signing on a bat isn't like signing a ball or a flat. I can excuse every part of the Cobb signature except for the 'C' - the 'C' is totally vintage, but not how Cobb signed.

Can you show a better picture of the 'Stanage'? There are 1910-20's Stanage examples available for comparison.