Opinions on these postcards, but especially Maddux

[mrmopar]

I know the Canon and Berg cards were issued in sets and are a bit more common (at least the Berg sets). I wonder if this was by appearance only or maybe TTM only? There are a series of Mariner B&W postcards that run several years, maybe 77/78-mid 80s. I rarely see them and often they are signed. I believe they were created specifically for players to answer fan mail and use as autograph requests. I don't think they were sold as singles or as a set, at least I never saw any for sale I can recall. I logged in a lot of M's games in that era too.

I could speculate that Old Style sponsored a single event (or multiple events over the course of a season), printed up some PCs for the event and those were given out to fans attending and getting autographs. It is not uncommon to see special event created items for in person signings and they almost always seem incredible difficult to track down not long after the event. Presumably, most who get them were there as a fan and wanted an autograph and are not dealers looking to turn around and sell it immediately.

[mrmopar]

I took another gamble on a another oddball signed Maddux card. His signature is such a scribbled mess that it seems hard anyone could really truly authenticate one.

Any opinions on the authenticity of this one?

Kind of like the last one that started the thread, I didn't have the card itself, signed or not. So part of the desire was to get the card itself, but a real signature too would be a fantastic bonus. I don't send cards in for authentication, so I figure my collection probably has a few duds within. I figure if I buy a card, I only spend what I can live with, in case there is an issue. The seller had about a half dozen signed Lykes Braves cards listed at auction, the rest being common names. All were listed at the same starting price. The end price really was too good to be true, so I figure it's either fake or I am one lucky dog when it comes to Mad Dog.

A fake signature essentially ruins the value of the card, but still provides a filler until a better one can be found and doesn't look bad to the untrained eye either.