Aaron and Mays Help

[varsitycollectibles]

Looking for a little help from forum members concerning the Hank Aaron and Willie Mays autographs pictured. Before my grandmother passed away due to Alzheimer's, she handed these three autographs down to me. I know the Mantle is real because it was in person and is made out to my grandmother. However, I do not know about the Aaron and Mays.

To be honest I've delayed showing them off simply because I want to believe they're real. I personally don't see any red flags with the Aaron, but the fact that the Mays has dotted "i"s worries me. Thanks for your help.

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by varsitycollectibles

Looking for a little help from forum members concerning the Hank Aaron and Willie Mays autographs pictured. Before my grandmother passed away due to Alzheimer's, she handed these three autographs down to me. I know the Mantle is real because it was in person and is made out to my grandmother. However, I do not know about the Aaron and Mays.

To be honest I've delayed showing them off simply because I want to believe they're real. I personally don't see any red flags with the Aaron, but the fact that the Mays has dotted "i"s worries me. Thanks for your help.

The Mays looks like to me a well known forgery that you see on multi-signed items. I am not that good with Aaron, but it looks like a ball I have that Jim Stinson believed to be authentic, here is a picture

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxshpmhww5i9sgw/Aaron.jpg?m

[mr2686]

any chance of getting a better/closer picture of the two balls?

[varsitycollectibles]

Originally Posted by mr2686

any chance of getting a better/closer picture of the two balls?

Sure. I'll post close ups later this evening.

[varsitycollectibles]

Here are the requested close ups.

Aaron


Mays

[varsitycollectibles]

Bump for the weekend crowd. Opinions appreciated.

[Paul S]

Back in the later '60s I took it upon myself to send some of my "collection" to players I admired, care of their respective stadium with a fan letter and an SASE. For comparison, here's what I got back from Hank:

[Paul S]

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[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by Paul S

Back in the later '60s I took it upon myself to send some of my "collection" to players I admired, care of their respective stadium with a fan letter and an SASE. For comparison, here's what I got back from Hank:

That's a Hank Aaron secretarial sig.

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

That's a Hank Aaron secretarial sig.

Yup, the straight lines in the "H", as I've been told, are a giveaway to his secretarial sigs. I had no idea Hank was using a ghost-signer that far back. In fact, that looks identical to the secretarial TTM I got from Aaron in the late 80s. Did he employ the same person to sign his mail for all those years?

[JimStinson]

Here is an IN-PERSON Aaron I watched him sign , hope this helps
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[Paul S]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

That's a Hank Aaron secretarial sig.

Really? Dang! My kid-like mental image has always been of him sitting in front of his locker with a bag of fan mail.
Will post my Banks and Kaline in another thread.

[mr2686]

Here's my in person ball for comparison (from the early 90's).