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Are these two Joe DiMaggio signed index cards real?

Hi,

I received these two index cards signed by Joe DiMaggio TTM on two separate occasions in the '70s when I was a teenager collecting autographs. One of the sigs I cut and glued to another index card. Yeah, unfortunately I used to do that when I was a kid. Who knows why.

Do you think they are real? I've seen variations of his signatures over the years.

Thank you,

Mike

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Permalink Reply by Joe on June 15, 2020 at 10:01am

If they are real, I am guessing top is 50's signature vintage, and later is his 80's card show graph. I'll learn towards legit, but I'm not a sports graph guy.

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Permalink Reply by Michael on June 15, 2020 at 10:35am

Thanks for your input. I got them both TTM directly from DiMaggio in the '70s, from what I remember.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Strecker on June 15, 2020 at 10:40am

His sister used to do fan mail for him. I'm not sure the particular years but I did own one of her Joe signed items. The signature she gave was obviously more womanly and does look different than the ones posted. I've owned about 5 authentic Joe items but sold them all and I personally will never be very good at telling real from fake unless I heard the specific story of why one was fake in the first place.

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Permalink Reply by Joe on June 15, 2020 at 10:43am

I didn't think he did much inscription wise. Almost wonder if top isn't sister, and bottom legit.

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Permalink Reply by Joe on June 15, 2020 at 10:43am

I didn't think he did much inscription wise. Almost wonder if top isn't sister, and bottom legit.

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Permalink Reply by Michael on June 15, 2020 at 1:40pm

Interesting. The top does look more like a woman's handwriting. Plus the "D" and the "M" in DiMaggio are different. Thanks for the input.

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Permalink Reply by Michael on June 15, 2020 at 1:40pm

I didn't know that about the sister. Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Michael on June 15, 2020 at 1:42pm

Odd things there's one on Ebay right now that looks just like the top one and it has an SGC COA. Go figure.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Strecker on June 15, 2020 at 2:24pm

He would sign best wishes if personalizing but I'm not sure how often he personalized. The first one, the name moreso does look a little iffy. Definitely looks different from the second which looks more fluid and not a forgery and I don't think that's his sister's writing. I had a signed photo from a guy who did sports banquets and Joe signed Best Wishes to him and I really wish I had it now to compare.

I always wondered if Dom DiMaggio may have signed mail for Joe as well since they had similar handwriting.