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MICKEY MANTLE AUTHENTIC EXEMPLARS... READ ALL ABOUT IT!

I just wanted to post these here to see what Fudd the Lowly Mantle Collector can do to help stop the flood of forgeries into the market place. The goal is that we can all start educating ourselves before we buy. To see what a beautiful signature the Mick had, and to learn to distinguish it from the obvious forgeries at first glance. Something TTA, STAT, DREW MAX, GAI GLOBAL (Baker certs) My Favorite Players Reborn (Tony Podsada) & Christopher Morales can't seem to do....at all? You will almost never see a signature in this photo album collection that would match or come close to anything that has been certed by any of those guys. Maybe you'll find 1 in a 1000 if you're lucky. To tell the difference between what an original hand signed Photo by the Mick looks like vs. an obvious Fake at first glance is easy. Give it a try. It's Fun!

As has been told many times, The Mick made more in one signing than his dad did in 1 year. He felt obligated to his fans to give them a "work of art". He did this by signing on just the right spot for the particular photograph he was presented. The size of his signature was determined by how big the sweet spot was. He knew EXACTLY how to fit his signature in so it looked perfect. A thing of beauty really. Please note that these are not all the same signature over and over, but merely a sample from my collection. What I do know is that these are consistent with the WAY Mantle signed and structured his Autograph as we know it. Good luck! FUDD

AUTHENTIC EXEMPLARS-PHOTOS

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AUTHENTIC EXEMPLARS-BALLS

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Comment by CJCollector on October 5, 2011 at 5:53am: Another Mickey Mantle mess (forgery).

Comment by CJCollector on October 6, 2011 at 12:22pm: Check out what Ebay seller "enclosed_balcony" is attempting to sell. It is a Mickey Mantle signed baseball that he claims is authenticated by PSA. But check out the autograph. It is a forgery. And if you read the item description he has conveniently lost the LOA.

Comment by Steve Zarelli on October 6, 2011 at 12:46pm: And you can tell the PSA sticker has been tamprered with. Probably lifted from another ball and placed on this dud.

Comment by Rick Meyer on October 6, 2011 at 6:38pm: Has anyone punched in the PSA number to see what PSA says what item the number corresponds with?

Comment by CJCollector on October 6, 2011 at 6:45pm: Rick, the cert check reads "Mickey Mantle signed baseball" but it is an obvious forgery. Ebay did remove the listing.

Comment by Rick Meyer on October 6, 2011 at 11:49pm: OK, was curious what the PSA check would say. Looks like a bad forgery to me as well.

Comment by CJCollector on October 7, 2011 at 8:15am: Here's a Mantle/Williams forgery with a COA from "CSC Collectibles." First, I have never seen anything authentic with a COA from "CSC Collectibles." Two, read the COA; doesn't it sound familiar. The COA reads:

"CSC only recognizes an 'Opinion' rendered by a Board Certified Court Qualified Forensic Document Examiner with a substantial, verifiable, Court Recognized Exemplar File."

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on October 7, 2011 at 9:02am: @Rick:

The problem with the PSA/DNA and JSA online reference databases is that most items don't have images. I don't believe JSA puts images up whatsoever, and PSA/DNA only does it for full letters of authentication and not COAs.

I don't even know if they take images of items that only get COAs. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't.

Comment by Steve Zarelli on October 7, 2011 at 10:37am: "CSC only recognizes an 'Opinion' rendered by a Board Certified Court Qualified Forensic Document Examiner with a substantial, verifiable, Court Recognized Exemplar File."

Translation:

CSC only recognizes the opinion of supposed experts who rarely, if ever, reject anything.