anyone here see this hank greenberg signed letter???

[ibuysportsephemera]

I agree that this looks secretarial signed. However, the initials at the end indicated who typed the letter, not necessarily who signed it. Many times when a letter is signed by the person who typed the letter, the same initials are placed after the signature.

Jeff

[shelly]

Not even close.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by shelly

Not even close.

+1
This lot has an auction LOA. Does that mean they pass it without looking at it?

[RichardSimon]

When you click the "About Us" button on the Legendary site, it takes you to a page which prominently features a convicted felon as part of their organization. So selling a Hank Greenberg TLS which is signed by a secretary is a drop in the bucket for them.

[Fred]

What's the matter with all of you? Didn't you read the last line of the auction lot description: "Auction LOA from JSA". Now how stupid do you all feel? That's James Frigging Spences LOA were talking about here. Shut the front door.... seriously, do you now believe it's not real?

Why would someone provide an LOA from something that isn't real?

Geesh, what's wrong with people and our hobby today?

[Zan]

Originally Posted by Fred

What's the matter with all of you? Didn't you read the last line of the auction lot description: "Auction LOA from JSA". Now how stupid do you all feel? That's James Frigging Spences LOA were talking about here. Shut the front door.... seriously, do you now believe it's not real?

Why would someone provide an LOA from something that isn't real?

Geesh, what's wrong with people and our hobby today?

Can't tell if you're being serious or not, but an authentication is really just an opinion of an expert if they weren't there when the piece was actually signed. Just the world we live in.

Speaking of the piece and owning 9 Hank Greenberg autographs, this isn't his signature.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

I agree that this looks secretarial signed. However, the initials at the end indicated who typed the letter, not necessarily who signed it. Many times when a letter is signed by the person who typed the letter, the same initials are placed after the signature.

Jeff

That is correct, as far as I know.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

I agree that this looks secretarial signed. However, the initials at the end indicated who typed the letter, not necessarily who signed it. Many times when a letter is signed by the person who typed the letter, the same initials are placed after the signature.

Jeff

I also agree with this as that is what I learned many years ago.

Here is an example of a secretarial signature where the person who typed the letter indicated that they were signing for someone else. Brutus Hamilton was a silver medalist in the decathlon at the 1920 Olympics. He was the track coach at U Cal/Berkeley for 33 years.