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Posted By: Rhys

It looks like his pen died after the "r" and he then redid the "r" and kept going with the signature perhaps? I only mention this because it looks like there are two tails to the letter. I have seen this happen with players using old pens to sign that would run out.

I was selling some stuff for Dick Bartell's family last year and they have a signed photo of Babe Ruth with a dedication to Bartell. It is obviously real and there are family photos of Bartell next to the signed photo as far back as the 1940's. However, to an untrained eye it looks like a trace job. Babe signed it, and the pen started to go bad so he re-signed it and tried to stay on the same lines and it just came out looking wierd even though it is completely authentic.