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Mickey Mantle and Joe Dimaggio autographed baseballs -- real?

Hello,

I'm new here and wanted to get your opinion before i send these out to a Authenticator for a LOA. Ive had the Mantle ball since the mid 90's and Joe D ball for about 10 years... was going to list them for sale eventually..

thank you

Lenny C.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on September 18, 2012 at 5:04pm

we have all been there, trust me.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on September 19, 2012 at 9:50am

Lenny, we are sorry that we had to inform you that your autographed baseballs are forgeries,

We also appreciate the fact that you won't be putting them back into circulation.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Lougheed on September 20, 2012 at 9:18am

Just don't let it cause you to give up collecting authentic autographs. Very few other hobbies are as interesting and exciting, despite the pitfalls.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Blumenthal on September 19, 2012 at 12:55pm

Hey Lenny. Sorry for the bad news but everyone is right - those autographs are not good. Save yourself $150 and don't get them authenticated. We are only trying to help you.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on September 20, 2012 at 5:10pm

Sorry Lenny...as you already know...these are both bad and no need having PSA or JSA Looking at them...iam sorry this happened to you...but has happened to almost every collector on this site including myself...unfortunately the only way collectors learn is by finding out the harsh reality that you own a forgery...you can get both of these guys on authentic photos for around 150 on the low end and up to 250 to 350 on authentic signed balls...inscribed balls like HOF will be close to 500...