Need help with a few autographs

Hodges is an interesting subject. If you look at all of the certified signatures on eBay, you'll see stark differences in the style. I think what you have there is good, but not all of his signatures have that flair yours has. Maybe there was a time frame difference (his signature changed) or maybe it is night and day between appearances and at the ballpark type autos.

Here are a couple I have for comparison:

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@divecchia said:
Real or not I have no idea on the Hodges, but it is definitely a nice auto with flair and it's very legible. Wish more autos looked like this today.

Do schools even teach cursive anymore? Makes it hard for anyone to have a nice signature if they don't have practice. I teach high school, and I have students that just print their signature because they can't write cursive at all.

@totallyradd said:

@divecchia said:
Real or not I have no idea on the Hodges, but it is definitely a nice auto with flair and it's very legible. Wish more autos looked like this today.

Do schools even teach cursive anymore? Makes it hard for anyone to have a nice signature if they don't have practice. I teach high school, and I have students that just print their signature because they can't write cursive at all.

I know they did 20 or so years ago when my daughter was in elementary school, but I'm not so sure they still do now.

Donato

@spanky74 said:
No, cursive is not taught anymore...neither are multiplication tables

Well, that pretty much explains it then.

Donato