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Recently acquired this (I assume to have been) Jackie Robinson Signed Baseball. Would appreciate Specific opinions regarding its signature. Meaning, if you don't like it, I would appreciate if you would share what specifically it is that you dont like about its signature. 

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as I suspected, he pulled the photo from the PSA site and doctored it:

Steve, isn't it time to flush the toilet?

Mike Bloom is no longer with us.

Lol thanks Chris!

Hi Mike

I agree with the others, it's not real in my opinion. Jackie Robinson had a very consistent signature. Here's a check the "Robinson" on yours may be modeled after:

Your Robinson is fairly close, but slowly and not smoothly signed. Your Jackie isn't close to any that I know of. The small letters are too tall in relation to the J and K, and the small letters on Robinson, and cramped. Plus Jackie is vertical, not slanted, and he had a strong right slant.

I got this from PSA's autograph database, which is a great resource for vintage baseball exemplars:

https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/jackie-robinson/40

Did you buy it in the last six months and did you pay by credit card or PayPal? Was the seller in Calif.?

BTW, PSA's autograph database is very popular among forgers. But luckily most forgers are not good at what they do. 

Good point, Steve.  Why the question about California?  Is there more protection for autograph collectors there?

There is, Mike. Since 1992, sports autographs have fallen under a law that allows for 10 times damages plus legal fees and costs for selling fakes and not complying with other conditions. That’s if you’re a dealer in California selling to someone else in California or outside of California. And it may apply to dealers outside of California selling into it.

The law Mark Hamill supported in 2016, that’s took affect in 2017 made the same law cover all other autographs. All autographs $5 and over fell under the law.

The law was revised in 2017 to make it just sports, entertainment, and music autographs. It left off historical, book signings, things like that. And statutory damages were lowered to about 5-times loss. The law was changed to make it autographs worth $50 and over that fell under it.

And BTW, you are considered a dealer under the law if you sell three or more autographs a year. 

I like it.  We need the same law in New York.  Thanks for the explanation.

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