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Joe Dimaggio piece

Hi All,

I've been browsing this site for awhile, and finally decided to sign up and participate. I recently got more into collecting the last couple years. When I do purchase items, I've taken the "safe" route and bought from companies like Steiner & Upper Deck...but recently I came across a nice Joe Dimaggio piece that I really liked. I figured I would use a 3rd party to authenticate. I compared to many other of his signatures I've seen online (there does seem to be big varieties in his style) and I think it looks real, but you guys seem to have a much better trained eye (i've seen a few other Joe D threads on this discussion forum). This did come with a Score Board Inc COA (no hologram or anything) and Steiner LOA for the seatback piece. Would love to hear your opinions on if you think it's legitimate.

Thanks, and I look forward to participating more in these forums!

Tags: Dimaggio, Joe

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Permalink Reply by David S on February 28, 2012 at 5:56pm

Would love to hear an explanation :)

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Permalink Reply by David S on February 28, 2012 at 6:47pm

thanks Harry Lare for your reply - you make some very good points! The J looks similar to me (again i'm newer to this hobby) to this one on ebay which has been authenticated by JSA (not that they are always right) http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-DiMAGGIO-SIGNED-AUTOGRAPHED-PHOTO-BASEB...

The oe do look closer to the J, than what i've normally seen..It does look like the top intersection of the D & M, the D is over the M, but the bottom intersection the M is over the D. However, i think that's physically impossibly?! hah. maybe it's due to fading?

I'm going to try to upload some closer images of the signature

would love to hear some more opinions too.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 28, 2012 at 7:06pm

I believe this is a Marino Family forgery. Sorry.

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Permalink Reply by David S on February 28, 2012 at 7:19pm

Thanks for your reply -i appreciate your feedback. What properties of it make you think that it is a Marino Family Forgery?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 28, 2012 at 7:22pm

Looks like a Coach's Corner item. Coach's Corner sells a lot of garbage like the below item. The below item shows a Derek Jeter and Arod set of forgeries and then couple the forgeries with a Steiner piece of seat. That's how they (Coach's Corner) attempt to make the autographs look legitimate.