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Mays has actually been married twice. Both wives signed on his behalf, although his first wife certainly didn't do so as often. The common, loopy secretarial with the (usually) circled dots on the i's is his second wife. She did change up the style more than once over the years; some of the variations still seem to confuse collectors. Admittedly, there is one particular version where she came scarily close to emulating one of Mays' endless styles. We can be thankful that she didn't employ this version for very long.

It's apparent that Mays quickly tired of personally answering the flood of mail requests that came his way. There just isn't much in the way of authentic TTM Mays past a certain point in his career, and it definitely appears that he only responded to the odd request, even early on in the New York days. If you are looking at any vintage Mays autographs and are told that the signature was obtained TTM, anything dating from the very early 1960's onward is extra suspect. Post-career TTM? You can pretty much forget about it being authentic.

I really can't think of a player who signed for so long who has had such a wild signature (de)evolution. So many variations. While Dan Quisenberry had less time to sign in his life than Willie, he's another fellow who was all over the place with his autograph. It was almost like he tried to sign each one a bit differently much of the time. Considering his unique and affable personality, it's fitting that there are many autographs out there signed so many different ways. Another one who fits this category is 1980's player Dave Rucker.