Pickup: Penny Hardaway auto

austinchau

Loved watching Penny played back in the mid 90's, too bad he got injured, otherwise a sure-fire HOFer.

Picked this up yesterday, I like how he signed with "Anfernee" (his legal name) as supposed to "Penny" (his nickname). I really like the full signature "Anfernee Hardaway #25" -


Compare it to his autograph in his later career (signed "Penny Hardaway) -

BunchOBull

I guess technically he'd be "Quarter-dollar" Hardaway at this point...the "Penny" wasn't adopted until the NBA...I didn't know this.

edited to add:

Oh, and definitely a cool piece...growing up in Orlando, Penny was a childhood rockstar.

CardsForMS

is that a high school or college card? either way, how could PSA/DNA authenticate the signature? that signature looks nothing like his "Pro" signature.. do you think PSA actually has high school homework to compare the signature to?

i just wonder....


things that make you go hummm......

BunchOBull

I'm sure much of what they do is handwriting analysis...to me, those two signatures share stylistic components, despite being very different.

That being said, that's a college signature, and they've done their homework...not that hard to get comparables.

CardsForMS

<< <i>I'm sure much of what they do is handwriting analysis...to me, those two signatures share stylistic components, despite being very different.

That being said, that's a college signature, and they've done their homework...not that hard to get comparables. >>





the only thing you can compare in th 2 signatures is the "H" in his last name..

bigfische

lil penny was way better.

austinchau

Yea I actually wish PSA/DNA would more do of that. Sometimes I get the feeling that they reject some autograph because a certain players have adopted a much simpler autograph later in career. More of this kind of handwriting or stroke analysis is really welcome