Steiners Auction Lot #19 Gehrig/ Joe D. Ball

[David Atkatz]

Does it still look questionable?

[CMIZ5290]

The DiMaggio is the one I'm mainly referring to..

[Sophiedog]

It's not a dot in Dimaggios name. It's part of the "i" in D"i"maggio which he dropped later on to sign just Dmaggio

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by Sophiedog

It's not a dot in Dimaggios name. It's part of the "i" in D"i"maggio which he dropped later on to sign just Dmaggio

I'm talking about the dot over his first name....

[mr2686]

I've seen a few early DiMaggio autos signed just J, and the . is in a different place each time, with this one certainly being within specs.

[CMIZ5290]

I give up, holy cow! You can clearly see an extension of the pen after the letter J. It's not just a J with a dot, but there is obvious writing after the letter J. Life's too short....

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

I give up, holy cow! You can clearly see an extension of the pen after the letter J. It's not just a J with a dot, but there is obvious writing after the letter J. Life's too short....

What you are seeing is the long beginning stroke of the J. It starts, shoots to the left and up.