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08-19-2013, 01:42 PM
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Walter Johnson or wife?
I was perusing a couple auction photos earlier and noticed a similarity between a Walter Johnson autograph that sold in the last Huggins and Scott auction, and an auction that Legendary just opened up. In the Legendary auction, they list the photo of Johnson and Wood as being signed "Joe Wood" by Mrs. Johnson. I then noticed the similarities in J's and W's to that of the Walter Johnson photo from the Huggins and Scott auction. My question is...could the Huggins and Scott photo signature attributed to Walter Johnson (TPA) in fact be his wife's? Or...to really shuffle it up, the signature that is on Joe Wood be that of the big train? Below are the 2 photos I am mentioning. I would love to hear people's thoughts...i know we have some big time Johnson collectors on here.
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08-19-2013, 03:09 PM
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Neither photo is in Hazel Johnson's hand. The Joe Wood photo came from me originally, and I believe it to be in Johnson's hand.
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08-19-2013, 03:15 PM
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The 'J' doesn't look like his 'J', but it also looks like it was once open at the bottom, and someone 'closed' it. The 'd' at the end of 'Wood' looks just like Johnson's 'd's at the end of words.
Johnson and Wood in the same post. heh heh.
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08-19-2013, 03:47 PM
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Thanks for chiming in Hank! I thought that looked awfully similar to Johnson's early 20's (pre-1925) signature, but when Legendary referenced it as in his wife's hand, it made me question past signatures that have sold as authentic to Walter Johnson.
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08-19-2013, 04:08 PM
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Quote:
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08-19-2013, 06:49 PM
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Okay, thanks. I was confused because the OP introduced the first piece (with Johnson's name) as signed by Hazel. I also had not seen any Walter Johnson signatures that looked anything like that one, including the one posted by Packs in another thread, from 1908 (see below).
That 'W' just looks way too different from the following to be Walter Johnson's. Comparing the postcard writing to a 2-page letter I have from the '30s, I just don't see any handwriting changes that are that significant. 
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$co++ Forre$+ Last edited by Runscott; 08-19-2013 at 06:50 PM.
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08-19-2013, 07:57 PM
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I really have to say that I have now looked at over twenty Johnson signed pieces from that time. Not one of them looks like that signiture. I know the guys that do the old players know what they are talking about but I would never buy that item.
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08-19-2013, 07:58 PM
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Sorry for any confusion...i was just unsure why Legendary would list the Joe Wood/Walter Johnson photo as being signed "Joe Wood" by Johnson's wife...and the similarities to other vintage Johnson signatures threw me off. Thanks for everyone's input
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