Tiger Woods Signed 1997 IMG 8x10 Photo - Rare JSA #ZZ01219
From the One Erieview Plaza Suite in Cleveland, Ohio IMG office, this Tiger Woods signed photo might be one of the rarest of all items with his authentic penmanship. The IMG photo in which the smiling 1997 twenty-one year old Tiger Woods was crouched down with his flat stick in putt-reading position photos were routinely used for fan mail and signed with secretarial efforts in silver or gold marker in the top right corner or autopen efforts (usually black) often in the left hand corner of the photo. This fairly well-known industry knowledge caused is to do a double take when we saw this same IMG photo with an authentic 1997-1998 black sharpie signature with crossover, variance throughout and the spot on formation from that time period clearly in Woods' hand and not another's. The needle in the haystack was uncovered! Likely not sent out from the office returning fan mail like the others, the thought is that this particular photo with their athlete's authentic signature on it was presented at a business meeting or internally. IMG jumpstarted Tiger Woods' major endorsement deals, under Hughes Norton, with Nike who purportedly tried to work around the agency, while sheltering their once-in-a-lifetime athlete from getting watered down. Blazing black sharpie from Woods' hand is found just to left of his image on this nearly impossible authentic signed photo. James Spence Authentication (JSA) has reviewed this signature and their FULL letter of authenticity #ZZ01219 comes with this lot.
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