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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on October 19, 2011 at 11:07am

http://www.autograph-club.org/autograph-article/ty-cobb-autographs....

If I was in the market for a Cobb Auto, I would do the work myself. Here's a good place to start...

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Permalink Reply by Casey Veitengruber on October 19, 2011 at 11:48am

I actually found that article by Ron Keurajian a few weeks prior, very informative with some good examples of his changing signatures over the years.  Tried to contact him via email with no reply thus far.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on October 19, 2011 at 11:41am

I got an authentic example I will post tomorrow to compare to...I am really not that keen on Cobb although I have seen my fair amount of good and bad Cobb's...

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 19, 2011 at 4:02pm

I actually think this Cobb is good.  He was fairly consistent.  This one has a lot of positives.

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Permalink Reply by john reznikoff on October 19, 2011 at 4:24pm

http://www.universityarchives.com/Find-an-Item/Results-List/Item-De...

http://www.universityarchives.com/Find-an-Item/Results-List/Item-De...

http://www.universityarchives.com/Find-an-Item/Results-List/Item-De...

Of concern in my opinion is the slowness of the paraph ( the line underneath the signature), the puddling of ink especially on the "T", the way the two loops in the "o" are formed. These amongst other things. just my opinion. Perhaps ask Rich Simon or submit it for authentication. Unquestionable examples are posted above.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 19, 2011 at 5:26pm

I noted some "slowness" in the formation of the "obb", but that is the only perceived negative I can find.  the letter formation, slant, height etc. seems consistent with the examples available.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on October 19, 2011 at 5:41pm

Did you check out Ron Keurajian's Cobb piece on Autograph-Club.org like Fudd suggested? There's one good piece with a slow paraph somewhat similar to this one's but I'm not convinced this one's good. John's right--it would be great if Richard Simon would chime in. Here's the article link:

http://www.autograph-club.org/autograph-article/ty-cobb-autographs....

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Permalink Reply by Casey Veitengruber on October 19, 2011 at 6:04pm

I did check out Ron's article.  Actually came across that a while ago before I got the autograph.  I am just a novice so it's been extremely difficult in sorting the fakes from the real ones due to Cobb's dramatic signature changes over the years. 

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Permalink Reply by Casey Veitengruber on October 20, 2011 at 4:40am

 

Is Rich a member on this site?  What's driving me nuts is how the double "o" seems to match several that passed PSA & JSA.  On the other hand there are several other variations that do not have the double "o".  At least getting my Hank Greenberg and Chas Gehringer autos haven't been this stressful!  =)

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on October 20, 2011 at 6:49am

HERE IT IS...I HOPE THIS WILL HELP...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 10, 2011 at 1:50pm

Casey,

I was talking to Ron Keurajian today and he thinks your Ty Cobb isn't real. Ron follows rare baseball autographs  closely and he's seen a number of pieces recently that he feels are by the same forger.

Wish I had better news.

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Permalink Reply by Casey Veitengruber on November 10, 2011 at 3:44pm

 

Steve,

Glad to see my post is still being viewed.  Of course that wasn't the answer I was hoping for but just wanted to find out either way.  I had sent Ron an email a while back inquiring about it but he never replied.  The funny thing is I think we live about a 1/2 hour apart and was hoping to catch up with him and pick his brain for a few, oh well. 

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