LOL. Not a signature.

[T206Collector]

It's a pretty sweet "J. Honus Wagner" signature, if you ask me. I do agree that the intent of the signer here -- that he was addressing this to someone other than himself -- makes it funky. But, what constitutes a "signature" is a rabbit hole the journey through which has many twists and turns. While most people prefer a signature that was designed by the subject to represent his or her name, why that should matter is a really difficult question to answer that raises a fundamental philosophical question - why do people collect the signatures of people in the first place? What about that medium creates interest?

You see this sometimes in Ty Cobb signatures as well. I think he wrote letters to his son Ty Junior. People pass those off as Ty Cobb signatures as well, with the same expected raised eyebrows.

[prewarsports]

I have had several envelopes of deadball era players where they wrote to their wives and wrote their own names with "mrs" in front and they absolutely are autographs. I hate the cut up cards, but that is a nice signature and I would rather have one of those than two of his later in life signatures with that crazy H he signed with.

[MrSeven]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

I have had several envelopes of deadball era players where they wrote to their wives and wrote their own names with "mrs" in front and they absolutely are autographs. I hate the cut up cards, but that is a nice signature and I would rather have one of those than two of his later in life signatures with that crazy H he signed with.

Do you think that a cut would be worth less if their handwriting was different than their traditional signature?