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So what is everyones opinion on my Oscar Robertson + Wilt Chamberlain Autograph? + Julio Cesar Chavez Autograph

I go to yard sales every weekend and I did come across an Autograph which I had to jump on. I ususally avoid anything not graded by PSA/DNA. but this was an autograph I absolutely could not pass it up. It was a Julio Cesar Chavez autograph cardboard cutout. I paid $40 for it. and I only purchased it because Julio Cesar Chavez was my fathers favorite boxer, and I had to give it to him. It had no authentication with it. but here are some photos of it:

Even if it ends up being a forgery I'd be happy with the cardboat cutout. it's awesome.

the autograph i really have questions for is an autograph magazine from my old basketball coach who passed away. I played basketball, and co-led a team to a 30-1 record. my Coach was like a 2nd father to me. he would always talk about Oscar Robertson, and he'd always try to get me to play a similar style. I'd watch countless videos, and he'd also have me mimic Marques Haynes workout routine. the guy was a basketball fanatic. I knew he was a huge basketball/oscar robertson fan, but he never once mentioned to me his basketball collection. After passing away he left me a bunch of old VHS tapes of games of games from the 70s-80s. newspaper clippings from the 50-90's. and this magazine which has a ton of autographs written in pencil:

from what i can makeout from the names there is Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry Lucas, and Dave Debuchssere. plus tons of other autographs I do not recognize. my issue with it is Nobody knows how he obtained this magazine or this autograph. his wife and daughter both were clueless about it. and my concern is wilt chamberlain, dave debuchssere and oscar robertsons autographs do not look like how they look on other items when I googled their name + autographs on google images.

I'm thinking it might be fake because of the signatures not matching the google images signatures, but at the same time I think there is a strong possibility it is real because jerry lucas's signature looks authentic compared to others, and the fact he was such a huge fan of basketball I believe he would have attended a lot of these games in person.

How would i go about authenticating this? and would it be worth it? What is everyones input? I don't want to pay $200 for an autograph that would be worth $700+ if everyone believes there is a 10% chance of it being authentic.

Also does anyone recognize any other names from the magazine autographs?

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Permalink Reply by Mykaphobic on April 30, 2013 at 7:56pm

I dot think it would be worth $1000. It's a great vintage item though. I'm pretty sure Oscar is legit. I have seen many the same.
I can't even find wilt on there to compare with any I have got or seen.

I would search who his team mates were at the time as it could e the whole team? Or at a game and be both teams possibly.