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Permalink Reply by Myles Gray on December 16, 2012 at 3:49pm

So here is my Dimaggio I purchased a few years back, which I got from what I thought was a trusted source (ASI) Now that I am going back and examining the auto and comparing to others I am noticing a few tell tale signs of some of the forgers sig..... tapered at end, the 2 g's being so similar, the a looking like an o. What do you guys think of it?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 16, 2012 at 5:13pm

Myles... This item is highly suspect in my opinion. Sorry.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on December 17, 2012 at 5:39am

Yes Myles...this one does not look good to me either...

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Permalink Reply by Steel on December 17, 2012 at 6:01am

Here is a pic of my DiMaggio ball.  A member on here bought this as a part of a lot from a Heritage auction, i then bought this particular ball from him.  The auction was pre-certed by PSA, but I have no official cert.  I have gotten positive feedback from members on this site concerning its authenticity so I feel pretty good about it.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on December 17, 2012 at 6:22am

No question legit !!!...Whooooo !!!!!!!!...LOL

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Permalink Reply by Michael F. Zulin III on December 9, 2013 at 11:09am

Had a question on this press Pass the J's look eerily similar and it looks like it was singed just "Joe" my Great Grandfather was in the same Mens Club as a few Yankees players back then and Joe D was one of them ...so I thought maybe but who knows....

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on December 9, 2013 at 2:20pm

It looks like someone's initials, like "JN" or something like that.  Not Joe D, unfortunately.

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Permalink Reply by Michael F. Zulin III on December 9, 2013 at 4:16pm

I just thought the J looked similar to that of Joe's J , I didn't think they were initials when I looked at it it looked as if it was just signed "JOE" in script....but maybe not 36 was his rookie year so I doubt he'd be signing press passes anyways....

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Permalink Reply by Michael Reimer on February 26, 2017 at 11:49pm

A little late on the thread, but I was sold a Field of Dreams DiMaggio ball with only a sticker for COA (no certificate). FOD has no record of this and refuse to verify it on their end and my trust in that brand is fading. I came across this posting below that gave me serious reason for concern of authenticity since they look exactly the same with a FOD COA (not to mention number 7 in this original post).

Field of Dreams DiMaggio Ball Warning

I have notified eBay and have it on hold with an unwilling seller to return my money, so I wanted confirmation from . I wanted to enlist the opinions of the members on here with all the knowledge seen on these threads.

Here are the pictures:

It is hard to tell in pictures, but there is some light discoloration on the top left of the J and the left of the D. Not sure, but it also looks like the J might be reverse pen movement with what appears to be hesitation marks (as seen in pictures) at the top and the left of the upper part of the J (slightly thinner in this area). The lighter sections seem like they would be from not moving your hand comfortably and being more deliberate in your actions catching the pen more on the edge given how far out they go. The a's and g's almost seem to perfect as well in my opinion from my 2 day crash course.

I got a call from a friend (ironically a buyer/seller for Field of Dreams in Houston), and I am going to take a look at the below signature her late husband got in a signing DiMaggio did in the 80's with no authentication. I am actually meeting with her tomorrow to look at it and if I am interested for $200.

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Permalink Reply by Trent west on May 22, 2019 at 5:59pm

I know 100% this is an authentic Joe Dimaggio autograph .

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Permalink Reply by marc smilen on June 25, 2019 at 3:06pm

Joe Dimaggio usually had a clean ledgible full signature.   However I bought an old timers day ball with a Sloppy Dimaggio signature but its certified by JSA.   I dont know what a fake dimaggio looks like.  But basic rule is you cant expect every signature example to be the same.  In my case im thinking:  an old timers game is a rare but legit example: joe was mobbed by people and had a rushed signature.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on June 25, 2019 at 5:29pm

DiMaggio was not a nice person and many times would mess up the signature just because.  If you asked him a question he didn’t like, you looked at him the wrong way, asked for an inscription, etc.

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