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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 CJCollector on September 18, 2012 at 2:32pm

Absolutely not authentic!!!

Please destroy them so they are no longer in hobby circulation.

Permalink Reply by Lenny C on September 18, 2012 at 2:33pm

both are bogus sigs???

Permalink Reply by CJCollector on September 18, 2012 at 2:34pm

Yes.

Permalink Reply by Lenny C on September 18, 2012 at 2:38pm

and please, since im having a hard timing accepting this since ive had them for such a long time.. tell me why you say they are bogus? I appreciate you taking the time and giving me the truth, i don't want them circulating at all if theyre fake neither.

... its like a scorpion that just stung me, twice.

Lenny

Permalink Reply by Mike P on September 18, 2012 at 2:41pm

We can't help the forgers out there with their craft, but they both look really labored.  Great work Chris.

Permalink Reply by CJCollector on September 18, 2012 at 2:42pm

Lenny, there is no way I can explain it to you.  Since you don't have an eye for autographs, it would be almost impossible to explain to you why they are forgeries.

If you sent them to PSA or JSA for authentication, they would reject both of those autographs in two seconds.  They are horrific and obvious forgeries.

Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on September 18, 2012 at 8:07pm

he may not have an "eye" for autographs NOW, that doesn't mean that a more detailed explanation isn't a valid request. Obviously, this site is full of information regarding Mantle, DiMaggio, etc. 

Collector's who bought in the 90's really didn't have the tools at hand as they do now to educate themselves.

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on September 18, 2012 at 4:31pm

The Mantle is a very typical forgery, and it has fooled a lot of people before this site started identifying them. the DiMaggio is just awful. If you do an ebay search on Dimaggio signed bb, you will see the differences immediately. you really dont need a good eye to see how bad the forgery is.

Permalink Reply by Lenny C on September 18, 2012 at 4:37pm

Thank you.. for the last couple of hours i examined quite a few balls and can see clearly where they went bad on the sigs. you can see where they started and stopped as well. 

well, now i know.. it wont happen again. i will send pictures of them in the toilet. 

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on September 18, 2012 at 4:41pm

good man, Lenny!

Permalink Reply by Peter Lougheed on September 20, 2012 at 9:15am

I would hate to be around when you try to flush 2 baseballs.

Permalink Reply by Lenny C on September 18, 2012 at 5:02pm

its almost creepy that ive been storing some dudes signature on display and i dont know who it is. im pretty pissed off right now. hope he rots in hell! not really, but i do hope he gets his .... equally

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