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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 14, 2011 at 7:08pm

I don't think either of them are authentic.  Let's see who else chimes in.

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Permalink Reply by micah shoemaker on November 14, 2011 at 8:23pm

thanks for your input man,could you post a pic of what you believe to be a real ted williams auto?

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 15, 2011 at 4:43am

hey micah.   here are two from my collection. I don't like the slant in the first one of your photos, and the letter formation in either one.  But its just an opinion.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on November 15, 2011 at 4:57am

Hey Micah... unfortunately I have to agree with my buddy terrier on this one...I think those 2 are not authentic...here is the only Ted Williams I own...I have had owned this for over 15 years...

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Permalink Reply by Steve on November 15, 2011 at 10:11am

The first one is on the replica of the Sports Illustrated photo.  I have three of these and all three look a little different and mine are all from Upper Deck.  Doesn't look right, if it isn't UDA, then I would say it isn't any good as he only signed this photo for them.  I would agree that the second one is no good also.

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Permalink Reply by micah shoemaker on November 15, 2011 at 6:15pm

thank you all for chiming in and giving me your opinion's i apreciate it,unfortunately i fell into the group of idiots who got into buying autographs on ebay. i have already bought both and just recently got into collecting autographs,steve is right the first one is a replica of the 1955 si cover shot for teddy, & yes steve it is a uda,i hope its real as i own it (still waiting for it to ship) if i do have any probs can i dispute them with ebay buyer protection? does anyone have any experience going down that road?, this is the (uda) upper deck athentication pic that was in the action

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Permalink Reply by Steve on November 15, 2011 at 8:18pm

If this is UDA, then you don't have to worry.  When you get it, make sure the hologram is attached and not a copy.  Also, you can verify the hologram number.  He signed all of these at once and there were some differences in the consistency, but it looks similar to mine. 

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 16, 2011 at 4:02am

Steve is right, if it IS indeed UDA, and everything matches, then it is legit.  I just did an ebay search for Williams UDA items, and there are several of those SI covers, all of them look the same.  Its a little unsettling and makes me wonder if someone forged these and used fake stickers.  If not, then the signature is good, but really not typical.

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