Check out this brutal Koufax signed 3 x 5 on eBay!

[GrayGhost]

the F and X look decent, rest of it awful. STAY AWAY!!!

[Lordstan]

Scott,
I am also a member ay SportsCollertors.net. It is a website devoted primarily to autographs with a specific emphasis on TTM experiences, sharing addresses, etc.
It does have many experienced and knowledgable collectors, some of whom are respected members here as well. There is no way in hell that would ever get validated as good on that website.
I did a search of the board posts there and did not find a single post asking for an opinion on this Koufax. I went back about 8mo or so.
If you're feeling argumentative, feel free to call him out on the above fact and see what he says.
Best,
Mark

[Lordstan]

Update!

Just to be complete, I happen to find the guys profile on SCN and reviewed his posts. I just found a thread on SCN where he sold a Koufax signed 3x5, but the picture is gone. I don't know if it's the same one or not.
He had a bunch of Different things for sale. A couple of them I thought were a little off, but most of his stuff seemed pretty good.

FYI

[mmcgruff]

Hey guys, I found this all interesting because I have a book by Koufax signed by him on Ebay. I dont know anything about autographs and hoped you can shed some light on this for me. I bought it on a hunch at an estate sale for 3 dollars. The dustjacket is terrible looking with tears on it. I was told by a friend of mine that the signature looked good to him and with the letter K being not attached was his way of signing much later in his days. Here is my book:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/140596573406...84.m1555.l2649



Any thoughts are much appreciated!

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by mmcgruff

Hey guys, I found this all interesting because I have a book by Koufax signed by him on Ebay. I dont know anything about autographs and hoped you can shed some light on this for me. I bought it on a hunch at an estate sale for 3 dollars. The dustjacket is terrible looking with tears on it. I was told by a friend of mine that the signature looked good to him and with the letter K being not attached was his way of signing much later in his days. Here is my book:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/140596573406...84.m1555.l2649



Any thoughts are much appreciated!

Rick, below is a statement taken from your Ebay item description and it reads:

Compare the autograph with the reproduction of the man's signature on the back of the dust jacket. It's the real McCoy, for sure!

I can't count the number of forgeries I've observed where the forger tried to emulate the reproduction signature on the item they are forging. You cannot judge an autograph in that manner.

And above you wrote "I don't know anything about autographs." If you admit you don't know autographs, then how can you write in your item description "It's the real McCoy for sure!"

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

Rick, below is a statement taken from your Ebay item description and it reads:

Compare the autograph with the reproduction of the man's signature on the back of the dust jacket. It's the real McCoy, for sure!

I can't count the number of forgeries I've observed where the forger tried to emulate the reproduction signature on the item they are forging. You cannot judge an autograph in that manner.

And above you wrote "I don't know anything about autographs." If you admit you don't know autographs, then how can you write in your item description "It's the real McCoy for sure!"

In any case, the signature on the book is definately NOT the real McCoy...

[GrayGhost]

This is the Real McCoy:

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Update!

Just to be complete, I happen to find the guys profile on SCN and reviewed his posts. I just found a thread on SCN where he sold a Koufax signed 3x5, but the picture is gone. I don't know if it's the same one or not.
He had a bunch of Different things for sale. A couple of them I thought were a little off, but most of his stuff seemed pretty good.

FYI

It's very possible this is a a TTM autograph and was simply signed by someone else. But then you hear he bought it on eBay.....if PSA/DNA quick opinion said this was authentic, I'll chop my arm off.

[theshleps]

I had seen his post the other day and a few of the autographs posted looked suspicious to me including the Koufax. I don't think he is dishonest. Just got some bad stuff. The Koufax book signature looks pretty bad.
Also Lrdstan- you have a great 34 Goudey collection. Any dupes tro trade or sell?