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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on December 8, 2022 at 3:31pm

Jon, what's your own opinion on this?

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Permalink Reply by Jon Cody on December 8, 2022 at 5:12pm

I am not sure. The seller picks up a lot of sports memorabilia and auctions them off to the public. Ive gotten some very legit things from him in the past.. but this didnt have a COA with it.

He claims the guy he bought the collection from, got it from an "American Football Coaches Association auction"

After looking at other sigs.. the G's seem odd to me... The signature as a whole seems much "slower" but still very smooth.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on December 8, 2022 at 3:59pm

My knowledge says it is 100%……

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Permalink Reply by AustinCollector on December 8, 2022 at 4:30pm

Been studying Dimaggio since the early- to mid-1990s...A few issues here concern me:

• the space between both the J and the D
• the style of the "oe"
• More than anything, the double "g"s are atypical and lack the speed, slant and spacing from known good Dimaggio signature. 

I wouldn't expect this to pass professional authentication. If I were the potential buyer, I would pass. 

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on December 8, 2022 at 4:36pm

Agree, Austin.  Formation is way off.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Cody on December 8, 2022 at 5:08pm

Thanks. I too noticed the G's. This signature shows the pen entering the first G at the top of the G's "counter" where as most that ive seen enter at the bottom. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve on December 8, 2022 at 6:11pm

There is not one part of this signature that looks even close.  Dimaggio had a beautiful signature with great flow.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Cody on December 8, 2022 at 7:26pm

Thank you Steve!

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on December 9, 2022 at 5:17am

I agree, this is likely not authentic

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