We've had this discussion before, and I don't know for sure what type of "machine" Campanella might have used pre late 80's, but I attended a show on Oct 7th, 1989 where Campanella was signing. At 200 bones, it was by far the most I had paid for a living player at that time. I was standing right in front of him as he was signing, and I can tell you, it was not a machine. What he used, at least at that time, was a brace that was attached to where he was signing so that he arm/wrist could not shake/move. He then signed just using the movement of his palm and fingers. If you look at most of those autographs, you will see that the "Roy" looks pretty darn good, and then, because he couldn't lift his hand, he went right in to the Campanella...and as he got towards the end, he had to stretch his fingers a bit which caused it to look a bit stretched (for lack of a better term). I value and treasure that autograph, and wouldn't trade it for any pre-accident Campanella autograph.
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