Is this a real Mantle?

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on May 15, 2020 at 4:40am

looks off to me

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Permalink Reply by Baseguru on May 15, 2020 at 4:55am

Can you share what you don't like about it? Or is that not something we do one here? I'm a little suspicious of the guy's story. He looks to be a well off real estate agent (based on his profile) and says he got it at a show when he was a little kid. They guys looks to be about 40. Odd he would be selling something with such value.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on May 15, 2020 at 11:47am

I don’t care for it either. There are about 5 specific spots where there are things Mantle just doesn’t do.

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Permalink Reply by Baseguru on May 15, 2020 at 12:52pm

Can you share those 5 spots? I understand the danger in that. We don't want to educate the forgers, though I'm certainly not one of those. Just trying to educate myself so I can get a valid ball for myself and hopefully educate others in the future. Feel free to chat with me in a private message if that is better.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on May 15, 2020 at 2:20pm

I will mention a few. The M in Mantle is huge, the c appears to stop before continuing the connection to the k, the huge gap between the n and the t in Mantle.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on May 15, 2020 at 2:58pm

in addition to Steve's comments, the second hump in the M in Mantle is higher than the first.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on May 15, 2020 at 3:17pm

For sure.

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Permalink Reply by Baseguru on May 15, 2020 at 5:33pm

Thanks gents! I really appreciate the "lesson" on this ball. I Have included some pics of various Mantle balls currently on eBay . All come with a COA from Beckett, JSA, or PSA. Do you think these are good balls to use as a comparison to any ball I will look to buy in the future? I can see what you didn't like in the ball I showed a man was selling when I compare it to these!