T205 Bresnahan Autograph. Updated!! Deans Cards😞

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Look where letters cross over each other. The ink should be twice as dark in those spots, or at least noticeably different. Also it doesn't look like fountain pen. I don't know when breshnahan died and I'm too lazy to look it up, but what kind of pen would make such a smooth signature? certainly nothing before the advent of pall point pens, if even that could do it.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

OK, so I got curious and looked it up. Roger died in 1944. Modern ball point pens were almost entirely unheard of in the US until after WWII. So what does he purport that signature is signed in???

[jonvancouver]

The 'P' jumps out to me.
From what I see online, his 'P's never look like that.
*I'm not an expert though*

[Republicaninmass]

277 views? Had it been in a slab you'd have had 276 offers!

[T206Collector]

A signed T205 Walsh just sold for $5,000k in LOTG auctions. That one was slabbed. I would bet a lot of money that either/both PSA/DNA and SGC turned this one down. Why would Dean's Cards leave that kind of money on the table?

Also, here's what an authentic one looks like - and I don't think it's a match:

[Vintagecatcher]

Andrew,

I collect Bresnahan cards, and I have seen numerous contracts in auction houses with his signature. It's possible that he may have signed with a pencil which wasn't unusual back in the day. With that being said, I'd lean towards not original. Bresnahan's signature is pretty legible on the contracts I have seen listed.

http://www.lelands.com/auction/Aucti...igned-Contract

http://feb13.hugginsandscott.com/pl/..._bresnahan.jpg

Patrick

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

pencil is a possibility for the look of the autograph, good call, but still should see some variation where lines cross each other.

[kmac32]

Could be a fountain pen the was fairly commonly used in the thirties so very well could be legitimate.