Any Reggie Jackson signature experts out there?

[Steve D]

Isn't the "J" shaped incorrectly? Every Reggie autograph I've seen has a much narrower top loop, and a much wider bottom loop, as the bottom loop is where he put his uniform number.

Steve

[MooseDog]

It looks like an attempt to copy the bat sig. However that means it would have had to been signed in the 1967-69 era. Early years in Oakland Reggie was notoriously difficult IP and Sharpies were not prevalent back then and may not even have been available.

He used Adirondack bats most of the rest of his career. So if the bat is not a gamer from the era it's probably not likely a genuine Reggi signature.

[JoeDfan]

The seller said that it was a Reggie gamer from 1968 (I found the Mears auction; plus he sent me the cert.). They gave it a 6.5.
On the only two exemplars I could find from his early days; the "J" looked the same as on the bat. If I remember right, both were PSA, but of course as we all know, some people like PSA, some don't, etc., so that might not mean anything.

Wow, I was about to get up this morning, and make the signature evaporate.
But now maybe I will wait. I guess it can't harm anything to leave it there.

It says "K75" on the knob.

Here is the original Mears auction:
http://sports.mearsonlineauctions.co...entoryid=52832

Any other opinions?

PS; as usual, full disclosure: The seller pointed out BEFORE the sale that JSA failed the signature, so I don't want anyone thinking I am trying to imply he was dishonest. He was not. And I love the bat.