19th century player- Real or No?

[tha-rock]

Thanks, guys. I didn't comment on the ink color or writing but also thought it didn't look period. If this was authentic, it would have been a minimum of 115 years old, signed with a steel tipped fountain pen, and this looks like it might have been signed with something else but it's really hard to tell with the image. I also think that a signature that was signed 115 years ago would likely be in black ink. I'm not an expert, but nothing about this signature strongly suggests that it is authentic to me, but that's my opinion.

It concerns me that JSA would issue a LOAA for this and I have to wonder what degree of examination they gave to it. I have a few items in my collection with LOAAs and I'm comfortable with them, but it makes me wonder.

[earlywynnfan]

I pretty much thought that LOAA meant "we the auction house think it will pass, but JSA hasn't looked at it yet and won't until the winner ponies up some cash."

As a near-Pulitzer level magazine once proclaimed itself, an auction LOA is "suitable for wrapping fish."

[tha-rock]

The listing says it has a JSA LOAA, so I presume that JSA gave it a "cursory" review as stated in this JSA LOAA from a recent purchase. Here is the language on the reverse of the JSA LOAA.

I still wonder what kind of cursory review did JSA give this item? But I get your point- neither a LOAA nor a full LOA can turn a bad item into a good item.