Not sure if Mel’s wife signed for him... i do know that she would clip his sig from canceled checks to accomodate requests after his death... i dont believe that this is mel’s hand... looks like a press photo. It was common of photographers and or newspaper workers to write the names of subjects on the reverse of photos so that they could be accurately portrayed in print.
I hope this helps,
DaveQUOTE=btcarfagno;1810887]Here is an image.
To me it looks very good. Again, it comes from his estate. My only question is whether his wife ghost signed for him at all and just how good at it was she if she did?
This is written more as an identification of who is on the photo on the front (Mel Ott) as it is attached to another similar photo where that person's first name (Zeke) is put at the top of the back of the photo, either by Ott or his wife, identifying who is pictured on that one.
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