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Autograph opinions please (baseball)

Could I get thoughts on these? The Robinson looks good to me, but the B looks like how he usually writes Baltimore, as opposed to signing his name. The Thomas looks like his early signature, but at the same time, the T & F look too round, and the 5 looks off.

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Permalink Reply by al martin on April 4, 2014 at 6:01pm

I would definitely pass on the Brooks one. The Frank for comparison

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Permalink Reply by Dane on April 4, 2014 at 6:17pm

My first reaction to the Brooks was "eww..." but then I saw an item that he signed with "Balt" inscription, and the Baltimore B looked like the B used above... as for the Thomas... I know it doesn't look like his current signature. I'm wondering if it might have been an earlier version from 1993 or so. I'm really concerned about two things with the Thomas:

1) The "5".

2) The big looping F&T.

I guess the consensus must be that they're both bad since there's only one response.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on April 4, 2014 at 6:20pm

I've had a 90s era Thomas signed baseball (not sure exactly what year) and it looked nothing like that. The helmet also looks kinda cheap, so I'd probably pass.

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Permalink Reply by Dane on April 4, 2014 at 6:28pm

I'm leaning toward pass, also. The funny thing about the cheap helmet... the COA is from some Chinese guy (first and last name) with a website in China that says he's based out of Arizona.