Joe Dimaggio

Question about Joe Dimaggio.  His later autographs  in the 80s and 90s do not have the first letter I in DiMaggio.  Usually.   But as the photo exemplar shows, PSA has authenticated some as real.  Dimaggio included the I in early contract signatures. And my theory was  he used the I in 1970s signed balls and stopped using it when he started doing shows to save time.  I thought the I on later balls meant secretarial or clubhouse signature.  Anybody have a theory???


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Permalink Reply by AustinCollector on September 15, 2024 at 5:04pm

Great question and observation. I don't think the presence or absence of the "I" is a dealbreaker either way. There's rarely one factor that deems a signature good or bad -- it all really depends on a composite analysis.

I have four Dimaggios in my collection -- all PSA'd or JSA'd, I think at least one has the "I". They were all signed in the late 1980s through 1995. Not sure this is helpful, but it's all to say don't get too fixated on a single characteristic. 

Permalink Reply by Steve on September 16, 2024 at 9:50am

I agree, my home plate has the i, the baseball doesn't.  One of my 16x20's has the i, the other photo's don't.

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on September 16, 2024 at 4:59pm

I always use the "gg" as the first thing to look at.

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