ShoelessJoe signed Book on Pawn Stars

[gnaz01]

If some of you didn't know, there is a GREAT Shoeless Joe article called "This Is The Truth" in the 1949 Sport Magazine with Mathewson on the cover. It is written in Joe's words, and is a great interview. He states (and I am paraphrasing) that most folks thought of him as an "ignorant cotton-mill boy with nothing but lint where his brain ought to be". It is an awesome 5 page magazine article with some GREAT baseball content and shows him in his liquor store, etc.

I highly recommend picking up a copy and reading it. You can pick it up on the 'bay for around $20-$40 and is well worth it as a collectible.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

If some of you didn't know, there is a GREAT Shoeless Joe article called "This Is The Truth" in the 1949 Sport Magazine with Mathewson on the cover. It is written in Joe's words, and is a great interview. He states (and I am paraphrasing) that most folks thought of him as an "ignorant cotton-mill boy with nothing but lint where his brain ought to be". It is an awesome 5 page magazine article with some GREAT baseball content and shows him in his liquor store, etc.

I highly recommend picking up a copy and reading it. You can pick it up on the 'bay for around $20-$40 and is well worth it as a collectible.

I believe this is the article http://www.blackbetsy.com/theTruth.html

- Brent

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

I believe this is the article http://www.blackbetsy.com/theTruth.html

That's the one!! Thanks Dave!

[JimStinson]

The point I was trying to make in my post is that even though the fellow I spoke with met Joe Jackson IN-PERSON on more than one occasion and even asked him for an autograph. He never actually SAW Jackson sign anything, and never ended up with an authentic autograph. There ARE some real ones out there , at least one check (That I know of) and a legal document , both of which (I think) came from the family.
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[travrosty]

Darvick, Jsa's authenticator and psa's former authenticator, brags on his jsa bio that he was the first to authenticate and sell a joe jackson autograph.

now he certifies this, and psa, his former employer, takes down their former authenticator a few notches. my view-these services are a joke. darvick is still on staff at jsa, send in your joe jackson autos now!

[Matthew H]

Nice story Jim, thanks for sharing!

Judging by the terrible acting and the obvious seperate takes I could hear in the dialog, yes all of that PS was scripted. I'm sure it's cheaper to get a fake JJ sig to walk in the store then a real one.