Need opinions on Ted Williams signature

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by losjets1984

It's real

Rumor of his son signing for him is BS.

I have seen the page where Ted signed and John Henry signed "Ted Williams" below the real Ted signature. IMO, the John Henry "Ted Williams" was a crude, slowly drawn imitation. Obviously fake.

But my sense is, this is where the rumors sprung from.

So, unless John Henry REALLY improved over the sheet I saw, I doubt the rumors as well.

[RichardSimon]

Steve -As I said earlier I have seen some pretty strange looking stuff coming from Green Diamond. I find it hard to believe that Ted signed those.

[shelly]

There was great improvement in the signiture. The real problem is that he put on that green diamond hologram and bam its real.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Steve -As I said earlier I have seen some pretty strange looking stuff coming from Green Diamond. I find it hard to believe that Ted signed those.

There certainly are some sloppy looking Green Diamonds... I don't dispute that. But bear in mind they were signed later in life and he seemed to be using a thick marker at that point that created the appearance of a cluttered, smashed together signature.

Maybe John Henry upped his game and some of them are bad... it's within the realm of possibility. But based on the signed sheet I saw, John Henry was not a skilled forger.

[RichardSimon]

The forgers usually get better Steve, we all know that.