Roger Maris Autograph, Real or Fake?

Hi folks!

I have a book, called "The Kansas City Athletics" by Ernest Mehl, that one of my uncles gave to me back when I was a kid. I'm 32 now. I think he gave it to me because I used to be really into baseball and collecting baseball cards. I have now moved on to other passions, but I have continued to hang on to this book. The special thing about this book, is that it has a Roger Maris autograph that reads "To Pam, Best Wishes Roger Maris". This looks like a good place to get a start to see if this may be authentic, and to see if you have any ideas about how to get the authenticity verified, and to get this book into the hands of someone who is passionate about collecting cool sports memorabilia. Here's a link to an auction site that was selling a cut out version of a similar autograph, with similar circumstances: http://www.iconicauctions.com/lot-35270.aspx. That's all I got, so let me know what you think! Thanks!

Tags: Autograph, Baseball, Book, Collectibles, Maris, Roger, Signature

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on September 17, 2014 at 9:29am

Just realized its a book ;)

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Permalink Reply by Dane on September 17, 2014 at 11:34pm

There's a reason he's "Mike 'the Knife'" Kam.

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Permalink Reply by Drew Swayne on September 17, 2014 at 9:38am

The "Roger Maris" autograph measures 2.25" long X 1.4" tall.

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Permalink Reply by Steel on September 17, 2014 at 5:40am

It looks like it reads "To Tom" instead of Pam. The T from the To and the first letter of the name look the same. Was your uncle's name Tom?? Cool item though.

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Permalink Reply by Drew Swayne on September 17, 2014 at 9:42am

Thanks Steel! You're totally right. Duh. No Toms in the family, an uncle Tim, but it was my uncle Robert that gave it to me. Must be a Tom in the family somewhere though.