Campy autos on 3x5's

[mainemule]

I have had these 2, 3x5s for many years and wanted to share here to see the collective thoughts of this group on these.

Both sellers were advanced collectors who gave me assurances these would pass 3rd party authentication. I know with Campy his post accident signature is so very labored so his auto has to be hard to authenticate even for the pros. I also heard he may have used a writing implement to help him sign.

Anyway, these surfaced in my collection and thought I'd see what folks here had to say about these.

Sharing my Front Row certified auto as well, which I strongly believe is legit.

TIA.....Scott

[rand1com]

I don't like either of the index cards.

[mrmopar]

I have been curious about that myself. I think I read where it was difficult for him to even hold a writing instrument. A machine aided signature seems about the only likely explanation.

I do recall the Front Row stuff shortly before he died, but I was not as much into autographs yet. I did pick up one of the front row cards though.

[perezfan]

I like ONLY the Front Row example. A little tough sometimes to judge his post-accident auto, but the two index cards still look to be "off".

Just my .02

[mainemule]

I appreciate the comments so far. In my opinion, the top index card bears some resemblance to the FR auto and the signatures from the signed Sports Legend statues (and the cuts taken from the statues). I've not seen a post accident auto that looks like the bottom one.

[mr2686]

The Front Row is definitely legit. The second 3x5 I'd give a 98% chance of being bad. The first 3x5 is anyone's guess. Without actually being there for that one I doubt anyone could say more than a 50/50 guess.
Here's mine from Oct 1989 in person. I was about 10th in line so it looks pretty good. Roy used a brace, not a machine by this time (not sure exactly what he used early post accident, but this was definitely a brace to just hold his wrist/arm steady. He basically had to stretch out his fingers since the palm of his hand was stationary, and that's why you rarely see a fully formed '"a" at the end of his last name. Also, the more he signed at a given time, the sloppier it got.