[JimStinson]

DITTO ! On the above and very well put Christopher ! I've tried to explain it to people and they don't get it , its a GUT thing most of the time and comes from handling and looking at autographs day in and day out for many many years. You can't TEACH it ! And you can't learn it out of a book.
REMEMBER THIS ! counterfeit artists can FREE HAND TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS. If that can be done someone can certainly replicate a Mickey Mantle or Lou Gehrig to LOOK exactly the way its supposed to look. In determining authenticity a person with some experience in this arena is usually looking at MORE than just the "slant and stroke, formation etc"
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