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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 22, 2019 at 9:54pm

Looks slam-dunk real to me. Let's see what the big guys say.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on March 18, 2019 at 8:44am

Bear in mind that 3x5 cards are typically the tool of the freebie through the mail collector. And Mantle rarely, if ever, responded through the mail.

And when he was doing card shows charging high rates (for the time), what are the odds someone was going to pay the high fee for a signed index card? Almost nil.

In person is always a possibility, of course. But if you were playing the odds, the fact that it is on a 3x5 card in and of itself, tells you authenticity is unlikely.

In my opinion of course. :-) 

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Permalink Reply by John Spillane on March 18, 2019 at 8:59am

You learn something new everyday. Thank you, Steve Z. 

I'll be honest with you. It's not the worst forgery I've ever seen. If that's what it is. Just my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by BC on March 22, 2019 at 4:30pm

My first thought was that it is machine signed. It is slow and just looks off.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 22, 2019 at 9:49pm

You may be right, BC. We haven't identified new machine-signed Mantles besides the million or so from Tony Podsada.

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