Opinions on Signed Balls? - Mantle, Williams, Aaron, Jackson, Schmidt, Maris

[MooseDog]

Posting this for a friend. He's been buying a lot of collections and many of them have signed stuff. Although I've been trying to teach him as much as I can but he's still relatively new at autographs.

I gave him my opinion and offered to post here to give you guys a crack at it. Seller says he got them all in person at shows for what that's worth.

Thanks in advance!

[Deertick]

I don't like Schmidty or Maris. I'm wavering good on Reggie, and the rest give me fits on a good day. But at first glance, I like enough to take a closer look, leaning yes. I'm sure the Mantle and Williams experts will know right away.

[daves_resale_shop]

Just a mere collector here, but I would say "no good" on the Maris.
*signature doesn't seem free flowing and appears "drawn on"
*There are some atypical hesitations on the upper loop of the "R" in Roger..
*and the spacing between Roger & Maris is way off... the transition between Roger and Maris is typically tight, if not conjoined...

Can't speak on behalf of the others as they always confuse me!

Hope this helps,
Dave

[isaac2004]

I have a Williams that looks just like yours, confirmed by Mr. Jim Stinson

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by daves_resale_shop

Just a mere collector here, but I would say "no good" on the Maris.
*signature doesn't seem free flowing and appears "drawn on"
*There are some atypical hesitations on the upper loop of the "R" in Roger..
*and the spacing between Roger & Maris is way off... the transition between Roger and Maris is typically tight, if not conjoined...

Can't speak on behalf of the others as they always confuse me!

Hope this helps,
Dave

To me, the 'r' in Maris stands out.

[Fuddjcal]

I like the Mantle, the Williams and the "Star" Aaron.

Not sure about the others.

[dgo71]

Aaron and Jackson look identical to my IP signatures of them. Would think they are legit. Schmidt looks "close" to his late 80s sig, and you can't tell what the conditions were when he signed it (i.e., was he walking, in a crowd, etc.) so it "could" be real, but with someone as common as Schmidt, a known genuine example is easy enough to find.

As other stated the Maris looks pretty bad. Very forced.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by MooseDog

Seller says he got them all in person at shows for what that's worth.

Did Maris ever do any shows? My impression was he did not. Not sure if there were even paid signers at shows before 1985.

I echo the comments that they all appear ok except for the Maris.

[dgo71]

My understanding is that Maris did do a few signings/shows before he passed, as card show signings were in their infancy. Certainly not many but I have no idea how many.

[Runscott]

Just for grins, here's a 'Mike Schmidt' from a '73 Phillies ball that I got signed after a game at the Astrodome (also has some '72 Giants), very early in the year. Schmidt batted .196 that year - his first as a starter - and while I was a statistic fanatic, I had never heard of him. His game, as well as his signature, certainly changed (that's Carlton at the bottom):