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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: G0ALY on December 15, 2016, 09:25:44 AM
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I bought a few signed baseballs from a local estate auction. I have no idea who this is. Any guesses?
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0583_zpsdwotrhxv.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0582_zpstvjm8pj6.jpg)
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Leo Willynish :headscratch:
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Possibly TED KLUSZEWSKI
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/361625322661?vectorid=229466&lgeo=1&item=361625322661&rmvSB=true
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Possibly TED KLUSZEWSKI
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/361625322661?vectorid=229466&lgeo=1&item=361625322661&rmvSB=true
Ted, once in awhile played with a sleeveless T-shirt under his game jersey to intimidate opposing pitchers. He was proud of his "gunz". He hit with power.
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It's Enrico Pallazzo!
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First letter of his last name is a capitol cursive "A", second is a B, H, or L. The letter with a tail can be G, Q, Y, or even Z depending on which cursive he learned. You can see an obvious cursive miniscule "S" at the end before the last letter, and the last letter looks like a miniscule "H" but could be a "K".
I checked the big book of MLB players against last name matches, even against players with Ted W just in case. I could not make any real pattern matches. Any chance this was a ball signed by a minor league player?
Cursive capitol "W" normally are taught with a tiny flourish opening the first vertical at the top. You can see the "A" starting at the top with a double loop in the vertical before moving into the next letter. Most kids in K-12 were taught the capitol "A" as a giant version of the miniscule "a".
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One thing I learned as a kid, never trust a ball players signature. :O
It sure looks like Ted's.
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Thanks for trying! I couldn’t figure it out either. I put this and the two other signed balls on eBay as a group lot.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/302167556856?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
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Another vote for Ted
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Or it could be a forgery, though here is an original with the very obvious starting flourish loupe at the top of the capitol "W" and the obvious thre upper sharp point structure like everyone was taught in K-12 during his generation. And "Ted" is written by two different people. Mr. Williams was scrupulous about his dot marks on the two "i". Also Williams is using standard rounded cursive while the OP's signature shows tight line flourishes.
(http://gameusedonly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMG_2719.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0583_zpsdwotrhxv.jpg)
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I don't think that it is Williams... Though it may be KLUSZEWSKI, The first name looks like Ted, but the letter in the last name dips so low... Like a q, g, y or z.
The other two balls though, definitely Sparky Anderson, Billy Martin and Johnnie Bench... I can read those.
The pins and patches were in the shoebox with the balls. Here are some the other items I purchased from this estate sale.
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0607_zpsbeokqaxl.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0608_zpsdz1qflyt.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0606_zpsoj7yyejz.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0604_zpsayy4ewbi.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0603_zpsld8oxpqj.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0602_zpskdbcezee.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/morecowbell3/IMG_0601_zpsrx68hxcf.jpg)
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Ted Kazanski, maybe?