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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 6, 2016 at 8:14am

Below is a link to GFA-certed Mickey Mantle forgeries listed by Ebay seller Rbisportsinc.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=gfa&nma=true&_ssn=rbis...

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 6, 2016 at 8:19am

Below is another link to Sold/Completed Auctions of GFA-certed forgeries by Ebay seller Rbisportsinc.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_since=15&_ssn=rbispo...

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on March 6, 2016 at 8:20am

it is a strong statement when the seller spends his entire description promoting the "virtues" of GFA and not a word about the actual signature.  I am still curious who the "GFA-authorized" TPA is that "settles" the authenticity issues, if someone questions an item. 

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 6, 2016 at 8:21am

That is a good question, Terrier.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 6, 2016 at 10:09am

Ebay seller Bluechipvideoentertainment is selling the exact Mickey Mantle forgery with a worthless COA from Stephen Rocchi (GFA).

I did a previous thread on Ebay seller Bluechipvideoentertainment below.

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-seller-bluechip...

Again, literally hot off the presses in Florida.

Here is that same Mickey Mantle forgery listed by Ebay seller Bluechipvideoentertainment.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Action-11x14-Mat-Photo-Baseba...

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Permalink Reply by Steve on March 6, 2016 at 10:12am

Virtually every nice action, never before seen photo, seems to have a forged signature. It sure draws my attention. I'd really like to contact these sellers on eBay and say "Wow, you really have some nice items. Do you have anything with a real signature?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 6, 2016 at 10:14am

That's right, Steve.

Mickey Mantle passed away over 20 years ago and yet all of these new and pristine photos with his "autograph (laughable and obvious forgeries)" on them.

Mass-produced in Florida and hot off the presses.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on March 6, 2016 at 10:42am

The times that I went in person to get Mantle at a show, none of these photo's were available. I looked everywhere, including the big companies that specialized in photo's only, like Photo File. Even the photo's that were offered by the show promoter were just a few of the basic shots that we typically see, always poses, never action. Of course, the buyers of these fakes have no idea that the photo's themselves were not being produced back then.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 6, 2016 at 10:48am

Correct, Steve.

All mass-produced and hot off the presses in Florida well over a decade after Mantle passed away.

It's called FRAUD!!!!

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