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Originally Posted by steve B
I'm amazed at what the people who are really familiar with the signatures can do in that way.
For me, that stuff takes a long time to learn I just passed a decade of reading stuff here, and still can only get the big ones like Mantle and Ruth right a bit over half the time. Probably still in the coin toss range. 
What for me is quick are the distractions, so I always start with those. Is the object "right"? Did it exist while the signer was alive? Does it make any sense at all?
What's odd is that I can eliminate quite a few that way.
I also don't buy any expensive ones, which helps. But odds are even some of my cheap ones are fake in some way. |
Steve, I really appreciate your comment.
Every week, my "eye" picks up something new about a particular autograph.
The learning process never stops.
And to be honest, I have tried numerous times (ask Steve Zarelli) "to stop caring" and walk away from this, but when I observe an issue like forged/counterfeit cards, I can sucked back in, because I do care.
Like Michael Corleone once said "Just when I thought I was out--they pull me back in."