Quick Opinion on Williams, Mays, Diamiaggo, Koufax

[acomps]

Thanks Shelly. My dad got them for me as a kid on 88 89 and I'd be devastated of they were fake. I've had them displayed for almost 30 years

[mr2686]

Here's an in-person Mays and Koufax from the same time period, so you can compare.

[shelly]

I would put them up on ebay. Then get a quick opinion. It will cost a few dollars put it will help to keep your piece of mind.

koufax mays and ryan.

[1treasuretrove]

Mays and Ryan look fine, I would comfortably buy both. The Ryan has an odd “R-y” connection but I think it is just the normal variance in a signature, looks like a Scoreboard type signature from back in the day.

[Lordstan]

Personally, I think they all look good., I am least familiar with Ryan, but the Dimaggio and Mays are very nice.

[acomps]

Thank you everyone.

[Steve D]

OK, I guess I'm just being overly cautious. I am most familiar with Nolan Ryan's autograph, as I have been collecting him since the 1970s, and he is my favorite player of all time.

On the Ryan, I don't like the combination of style between first and last name. In my experience, by the time Nolan dropped the "a" from his first name, he had already dropped the verticle transition line between the "R" and "y" in his last name. So, to me, if there is no visible "a" in his first name, there should also be no verticle line between the "R" and "y" in the last.

On the Mays, I don't like the waviness and multiple directions of the letters in his first name. If you look at the example posted after the OP's ball, you'll see that "Willie" is straight, and the letters all point to the top-left. On the OP's ball the writing is wavy, and the last two letters go in a different direction.

I'm less knowledgeable on the Koufax and DiMaggio. I don't like the waviness of the "y" in "Sandy", and something about the DiMaggio just strikes me as "off". Combined with my feelings on the Ryan and Mays, I just have to lump the DiMaggio and Koufax in with them.

Steve

[khkco4bls]

My opinion is that that good I don't see anything wrong with them

[Runscott]

This is a very entertaing thread. Shelly, we were just talking about this the other day.