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This particular MM signed ball was a sub-topic being discussed in another thread that got very involved into other matters, so in order to not have this subject lost in the sauce, I posted here, a separate thread.

New member Matt Cordoves, Chris, Steve, Terrier, and other MM experts were discussing the technicalities of individual letters in this signature.

My expertise in MM is no where near on par with the pros here, I'm still learning MM, but one macro feature of this signature that struck me as strange is its size. Was this signed by the 12 foot tall Mickey Mantle of a parallel universe? lol

I don't recall ever seeing a MM ball with a signature this large. This appears to me to wrap further around the ball than any other I've ever seen, authenticated or not.

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When it comes to opining autographs you cannot take it apart.

You look at it as whole.  Period.

Woody if these next 2 are not forgeries I might give up. Chris and Steve x2  are sharpening their swords!

Mr T. What is the verdict? 

I like his autographs that have a swirl in the "M" not a banana. 

I think they're good, Danny. I'm looking at the forest, past the trees, as per Chris's suggestion with MMs.

The two "Mantle" sigs posted by Terrier are both obvious forgeries.

I posted them as examples of "banana" Mantles.  In addition to the banana shape of both M's, look at how slowly they are signed.  if you enlarge the first one, you can see the shakiness

Here's the largest one that I have. I think there are more undersized signatures on balls from my experience. The main thing that sticks out to me with the large sig in the initial posters MM forgery, is the plain of the Mantle "tle". It's much too straight, IMHO.  They try to force the flick of the M to the a, which most forgers just completely botch, ala Banana Mantle

Mr. F this Mantle is a good one right?

Absolutely.

Ebay seller Emantod relisted his forged Mickey Mantle baseball.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/mickey-mantle-autographed-baseball-in-case...

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