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PSA Cobb letter on Ebay. Is "PS" secretarial?

Just came across this Cobb Letter on Ebay (sorry, I don't know how to locate the item number). It's being sold by Authenticmemorabilia. To my amateur eye, the letter looks great EXCEPT for the PS at the bottom, which is--again, to my amateur eye--obviously secretarial. The letter, however, is being sold as "Completely handwritten by Ty Cobb." IMO, the last line bears zero resemblance to the rest of the content. ZERO. Interested in hearing thoughts on this. How could PSA miss something so glaring? Or, am I mistaken?

Thank you.

~Travis Wallace

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Permalink Reply by Chad B on February 6, 2015 at 8:47am

I am not a Cobb expert but just comparing the handwriting I believe it is possible and likely in the same hand. The formation of many of the letters in the post script matches the main section of the letter.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on February 6, 2015 at 10:04am

Likely Cobb's handwriting IMO and the PSA/DNA LOA grades the autograph a 10 and it is most clearly authentic. Also, the TRC looks authentic as well so the PS note is also likely genuine.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on February 6, 2015 at 3:03pm

what sense would it make for the secretary to add the PS and sign cobb's initials?

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Permalink Reply by Travis Wallace on February 6, 2015 at 4:33pm

I agree that it makes no sense, but the last line is different from the rest of the text; the flow is smoother, the letter formations and size are more uniform, and there's a tail on the end of the last "s" in "address" that doesn't appear at the end of any words written above. Basically, the last line is much "neater" than anything else in the letter. It's also the only thing that's written on the level. On the other hand, I just now noticed the capital S is the same top and bottom, so you're probably all correct. I've just never happened to see such glaring differences in a single page of writing. Thank you for your input; I appreciate it. I'm learning a great deal from this forum.