The price of penmanship

A signature of Shoeless Joe Jackson sells for $23,100 at auction 33 years today in New York City.

The price reportedly is the most ever paid up to that point for a signature from the 19th or 20th century.

Driving up the price is Jackson’s well-known inability to read or write during his life. The signature is one that Jackson copied from one written by his wife, Katie.

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