The price of penmanship

A signature of Shoeless Joe Jackson sells for $23,100 at auction 34 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 copies from one written by his wife, Katie.