Looking for an opinion on this Melvin Ott signature

[Tom Hufford]

I'm doubtful about it, since I've never seen any "public" autograph that he signed as Melvin - always Mel.

He did sign checks as "Melvin Ott", though. Years ago, Mrs. Ott sent me one of his signatures cut from a check. She cut the signature from the check, then cut off the "vin" and taped the "Mel" back on to the "Ott". I've seen other examples like that over the years - I guess she considered his autograph to be "Mel Ott."

[mighty bombjack]

I've seen a few full sigs of his, but that one does not look right to me. I'd stay away.

[packs]

Thanks a lot for your opinions guys.

I'm in no way an autograph expert, but I think I can still spot most of the fakes (because they're usually pretty awful or have very obvious problems). This one could very well be faked, but I'm just not seeing where it's all that obvious. Yeah, the Full Melvin is unusual, and the slant is uncommon, but overall it looks extremely similar to my eye to the authentic one posted, and it also looks very fluid and natural. I note that Richard S., thetruthisoutthere and David A. haven't yet opined - I hope we can find out what they think before this thread falls off the front page.