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Originally Posted by etsmith
It doesn't look much like the one on the 3x5 card a couple of posts up.
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Hi Ed,
As strange as it may seem, it was not an unusual practice for some players to use a more formal signature with more "flourish" when their signature was requested from friends, someone of note or occasionally a collector. Sad Sam Jones (Samuel Pond Jones) and Lefty Grove are great examples of this practice.
Here is an early vintage signed index card of Sad Sam that I own, that also shows his beautiful signature with the flourish that I mentioned.
Also for extra context, I will show an example of Lefty Grove's formal autograph. Compare it to about 95% of every Grove signature that you see on eBay and you can see there is a HUGE difference.
I hope this helps!
