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Autograph experts, can these two autographs be from the same guy?

digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
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Luis Figueroa is a obscure player who had a cup-of-coffee with the Giants a few years ago. Since I collect EVERY ex Giant, I started looking for the nicest looking of Figueroa's rookie cards.

I found this, two cards of the same person, but totally different looking autographs.

The "Clear Path to Greatness" card autograph looks consistent with a TTM auto that someone claims to have gotten.
The Sweet Spot bat autos were all redemptions.
At the bottom, the Topps facsimile auto looks totally different from all 3, even the TTM autograph on it.

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  • benderbroethbenderbroeth Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    the only thing i can think of is that he has two sig types based on size of item being signed?
    my t-205's


    looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    Interesting that they put a Luis Rivera (former Braves prospect) signature sticker on the Luis Figueroa card. To answer your question, no, they are not the same player's signatures.
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    The sig on the sticker-auto looks like the signature on this Figueroa autographed ball.

    Now, it's possible that someone's forging his signature, but it looks pretty close. Luis Figueroa did play for AAA Iowa in 2008.


    To further muddle things, I've added a TTM auto a guy got on his Topps card.
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    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    Unless he went to a school that teaches that an "F" looks like an R, I wouldnt think that any of them are signed Figueroa

    Whats the dudes middle name...maybe he signs first and middle
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    His middle initial is indeed "R", but BaseballReference.com doesn't know any more than that.

    Most of the ttm and ip auto's on Ebay for this guy look like the sticker auto and the TTM one I posted, even though it doesn't look anything like his fake sig on the Topps card or the one on the Sweet Spot bat.
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    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    all those sigs are strange except one, the facsimile one....

    looking at the cards/ball, where is the "g" in Figueroa? the only "g" I see is in the facsimile sig box on the pseudo'52T card
  • scmavlscmavl Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭
    I'm willing to bet his middle name is Riviera. Many Hispanic people will sign in a way that may not be the general way AMericans would say their name. And as someone else pointed out, his middle initial is R.
    2.5 is pretty much my speed.
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    So, the big question is, is the Sweet Spot auto really his, or did UD blow it?
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    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
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