What about this Ted Williams auto?

[earlywynnfan]

Any thoughts on this one?

Thanks, Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

[earlywynnfan]

Nobody has an opinion??

Ken

[chaddurbin]

i've been told legit williams should have the "d" and "a" closed. this rule may not always be true but i stay away from them anyway (there's always another williams).

[RichardSimon]

compare to yours,,,I was standing next to him when this was signed.

[sycks22]

It looks a little too sloppy to be legit. Just my opinion though.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

compare to yours,,,I was standing next to him when this was signed.

Whenever Richard rolls out the "harbinger of doom" Williams ISP, you can assume the news ain't good!

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Whenever Richard rolls out the "harbinger of doom" Williams ISP, you can assume the news ain't good!

Good one Steve

[shelly]

With out a doubt it is bad.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by shelly

With out a doubt it is bad.

I hope Shelly was not referring to my picture

[GrayGhost]

Maybe Richard is delusional. and Ted KUBIAK sat next to him and signed that photo of Teddy Ballgame

Seriously, I concur, the Bat looks pretty awful. sorry.

[shelly]

Richard, I have seen that photo so many times I think you sleep with it. I have no doubt that it is an authentic signiture.

[GoldenAge50s]

I think Richard & I got ours Teds on the same day!

[batsballsbases]

Well than Im kinda curious to what you guys think about the bat that is in the Brockelman/Luckey auction as lot # 9.

[batsballsbases]

photo

[batsballsbases]

A little surprised at the silence!

[RichardSimon]

Breaking the silence for Al,,, the bat looks good.

[batsballsbases]

Thanks Richard. I myself think other than the 2 dotted (i)s it looks just about the same as the first bat post. I see he only dotted one of your (i)s but dotted both of Freds (i)s I guess everyone looks at it all differently. To me if the top one looks bad than to me the one that is in the auction I wouldnt bid on it either. Thanks again Richard Im sure now that you have said its good all the others will follow suit.

[ss]

The 2nd bat does not resemble the first bat in any way. First bat looks very bad. Second looks fine.

[RichardSimon]

The first bat has an open d and an open a,,,the second bat has a closed d and a closed a. That is one key to a Williams sig.

[batsballsbases]

Richard,
Alls good thanks for the info. At the end of the day either one of them wont cost this board member a plug nickel.

[ss]

Not to mention the formation of every other letter in the first bat....

[Bilko G]

second bat is also upper deck authenticated, so it should be 100% good

[Sean1125]

I don't even know Ted's auto and I can tell there is an enormous difference between the two bats... Other than them being similar bat/ink combos nothing is the same... First is ugly and sloppy and disgusting... Second is nice and flows.

Compare them side by side... It's pretty easy to see
Good

Bad

[Donscards]

Well if we are talking about Ted Williams signed stuff---how about my 1939 signed photo taking at spring training--signed on both sides---early Ted Signatures before he perfected his beautyful signature--I hope the scans are clear enough, I dont want to take it out of holder. thanks, Don

[earlywynnfan]

Thanks for the opinions, even if I didn't really want to hear them. The good news for me is the dealer, whom I've respected, is taking the bat back with zero hesitation.

This is why I collect the Harvey Gentry's of the baseball world.

Ken
earlywynnfan5@Hotmail.com