Shoeless Joe Jackson Auto- Fake?

drcy · #1 10-10-2021, 11:06 PM

The point is no one does ink analysis on these autographs.

Ink analysis would determine if the ink's age is consistent with it being from 1911, and help identify a modern fake.

Normally it's time and cost-prohibitive, but this is a $1.4 million dollar autograph.

SteveS · #2 10-10-2021, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by drcy

The point is no one does ink analysis on these autographs.

Ink analysis would determine if the ink's age is consistent with it being from 1911, and help identify a modern fake.

Normally it's time and cost-prohibitive, but this is a $1.4 million dollar autograph.

What is the process in doing an ink analysis? Does a tiny portion of the signature have to be marred in order to get a sample?

BobC · #3 10-10-2021, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by drcy

The point is no one does ink analysis on these autographs.

Ink analysis would determine if the ink's age is consistent with it being from 1911, and help identify a modern fake.

Normally it's time and cost-prohibitive, but this is a $1.4 million dollar autograph.

I get you. Makes sense, just won't prove who signed the signature though.

drcy · #4 10-11-2021, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BobC

I get you. Makes sense, just won't prove who signed the signature though.

This is true. It is not handwriting analysis. But the age of the ink is no minor detail, and obviously can identify a later forgery.

There are two ways to date the ink 1) Chemical analysis which does not require any ink to be removed and 2) Judging the dryness of the ink, which requires and small bit to be removed.

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