Help with an Addie Joss autograph

[Scott Garner]

Hi Ed,
This is definitely not Addie Joss's autograph. The photo was produced in/ or around the 1940 time period.

Addie Joss died in 1911 of tubercular meningitis at age 31. His autograph is one of the rarest of all of the players in the HOF.

I saw this on eBay as well and actually wondered if this was Addie Joss's wife's handwriting and compared it to a vintage example of her handwriting that I bought from Jim Stinson a number of years ago. It's close, but I determined that it is not a match to hers either.

Still, a very cool pickup that I was tempted to go after myself.

I hope this helps..

[edtiques]

Hi Scott,
Thank you for the information.I knew that his signature was very rare,but I was hoping it might be his because I hadn't seen his signature until just a couple of minutes ago after I started the thread.I found a thread from back in 2012 here on Net54 that showed a postcard that had his signature.
Thanks again, Ed

[JimStinson]

The photo post dates his death, There are only three known authentic Addie Joss signatures that exist in the world , to the best of my knowledge and to make things more complicated in my opinion there are two variations , both authentic but different.
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