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Originally Posted by Celtics18
I have conflicting feelings about this card. I am in talks with the seller to purchase some other cards. He got many of them signed at signings and got them graded himself. I know Bill Russell stopped signing due to his age, so maybe his autograph had begun to deteriorate, but that auto is particularly bad. Curious if anyone has any other thoughts
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There are examples from 2019-20 sets where the Russell signature has changed very little from prior years, slight deterioration. Russell has not signed publicly in several years. If this was signed recently, this would show a decline that was not apparent when he showed up on recent media. I did inquire when this item was procured and slabbed but got nothing back. So, I do not understand how PSA/DNA would authenticate, unless they witnessed this, as this would not match any known exemplar.