Knot Hole Ball with Lou's signature

[David Atkatz]

Ahhh... the little child, who a) first tries to insult you, and then b) puts his fingers in his ears while yelling "nah, nah, nah, I can't hear you!"

[Lordstan]

To Jeff and all others who have posed the same quandary,

Most on the board who are expert, or at least very experienced, in the realm of autographs will most times not go into detail about why signatures are bad.
The reasons for this, I believe are two fold. First, some on here actually get paid to offer their opinion and won't do it for free. Second, and I think most common, is that by going through the exact details of why a signature looks forged gives those who forge an instructions manual in how to make their items more realistic.
Perhaps if you asked in a private email, you may be able to get a more detailed explanation.

Best,
Mark

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

To Jeff and all others who have posed the same quandary,

Most on the board who are expert, or at least very experienced, in the realm of autographs will most times not go into detail about why signatures are bad.
The reasons for this, I believe are two fold. First, some on here actually get paid to offer their opinion and won't do it for free. Second, and I think most common, is that by going through the exact details of why a signature looks forged gives those who forge an instructions manual in how to make their items more realistic.
Perhaps if you asked in a private email, you may be able to get a more detailed explanation.

Best,
Mark

I agree especially with the 2nd part of your explanation. There are certain characteristics about cards that I won't share publicly, on how to detect fakes, with some esoteric sets. There is 100% possibility that scammers read our board. I have even been criticized by one idiot for not doing so.

[steve B]

I agree too. Sometimes information is great for learning, but sometimes it can be misused.

That's one of the reasons I stuck to fairly generic stuff about age in general. The look and feel of something old is very hard to fake even if you know how something should appear.

Some people pick up on that stuff quickly, others never seem to get it. And seeing the actual item often enough is the best way to get familiar with it.
I thought Stradivari were just expensive violins till I saw a couple in a museum along with 2 or 3 from other famous makers. (Nothing like standing next to a glass case containing 20 million or more worth of stuff)
Not only very diferent from anything I'd seen before, but all different from each other.

Sadly knowledge not shared is eventually knowledge lost.

Steve B

[murphusa]

maybe it just could be that all of us so called experts don't really know anything at all. We are all just like the kid in the final episode of St Elsewhere

[bbcard1]

Little known fact. Lou Gehrig had Babe Ruth sign all his knothole gang baseballs....