JSA has gotten so good at Joe Louis' autograph, that they certify "authentic" examples that myself and others in the hobby with 20+ years experience specifically in boxing cannot identify as real. That's how good they are.
We have very deep, specifically sorted and organized exemplar files that we thought were second to none, but since JSA certs these Joe Louis autographs as real, we must admit we are whipped when it comes to exemplars and we wonder what scores and scores of additional Louis exemplars they must have that we do not that can confirm these Louis signatures that we previously had no knowledge of.
We always thought that the J in Joe always started at a downward motion, but JSA insists that an upward motion start on the J makes it a real Joe Louis autograph. They also insist that the o in Louis looks like a conventional o when us 'greenhorns' always thought that the o looked like an a when Joe wrote it down.
Boy we were fooled. I really have to hand it to JSA. They don't even specialize in boxing and they seem to be miles ahead of anyone else certifying these new type Louis autographs that no one else had previous knowledge of. I need to schedule a training session with them, so I too, can spot these type of Louis autographs and learn from the guys who gave us the
atypical Luis Firpo and the Tom Sayers boxing autograph with no exemplars.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360694166380...84.m1438.l2649
http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=209&ItemNo=122348