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Mickey Mantle signed photo authenticity

I purchased this Mickey mantle signed photo back in the 90s and recently decided to sell it on eBay . I mostly stick withclassic Hollywood, but from my own research it appeared authentic. I decided to do a PSA quick opinion on it and it came back as “Likely not genuine”. So I pulled it off of eBay but I wanted to get a second opinion from you all. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by John Spillane on February 14, 2018 at 11:12am

That thing's hideous!!!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 14, 2018 at 12:56pm

100% no-doubt fake.

Sorry.

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Permalink Reply by Jaro on February 14, 2018 at 1:35pm

Oh well, thanks all. At least I won’t pass it on to the next guy. Looks nice, so I’ll hang it back up somewhere around the house.

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Permalink Reply by James on February 15, 2018 at 12:28am

I don't think this is authentic either; however, for future reference, keep in mind that PSA's Quick Opinion service is terrible, and I know several others on here think so as well. Their QO service has probably cost a lot of people a lot of money. PSA's QO service errors on the side of caution. The operative word here is "errors". We've joked on here how they must have some high school kids working for minimum wage in order to just glance at an item and come back with "Likely Not Genuine". I know they've given the LNG designation to many authentic items. On one occasion, I almost didn't purchase a fantastic AUTHENTIC item because of PSA's QO service. So it almost cost me gaining a terrific item while almost costing the seller a significant sale. I'm not condemning their full service, just the QO.

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on February 15, 2018 at 8:39am

Q.O. helped me learn to distinguish right from wrong where Mantle, DiMaggio, Williams and Koufax are concerned to some extent years ago. Even the young kids that know very little can get those right most of the time over there, I think? Back in the day, websites like this were nowhere to be found or limited. Now, you might as well try it here first where you have several people willing to help just for fun and help navigate the mine field.

This is what disgusts me about all these fakes. You have had this for 20-25 years and are just now finding out. Sorry about that. That blows.

This Mantle here is a very bad forgery and would be considered a 1-second Eddie!