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Mickey Mantle Autographs. Real?

I like to believe I have a keen eye for authentic mantles. What are your thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 9, 2014 at 4:40pm

the photo is good. not sure about the ball. personally, I do not like it, but it could be authentic, just a lousy example

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on October 9, 2014 at 5:03pm

I like both.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on October 9, 2014 at 6:39pm

Both authentic IMO.

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Permalink Reply by Sean C. on October 9, 2014 at 11:24pm

Thanks for the input guys. The seller told me that the baseball came from Hines Rootbeer promotion, he even gave me the original advertisement. $170 shipped.

The photo I found randomly. $90. Thought that was a steal, especially with the NO. 7 inscription.

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Permalink Reply by Null on October 10, 2014 at 7:38am

Both no question authentic. Great prices, I have that same photo signed nice and bold. No "No. 7" on mine tho!

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Permalink Reply by Sean C. on December 10, 2014 at 5:41pm

I sold the ball in the first picture, and the buyer wants to return. He is telling me that he sent a picture to an authenticator, and they are telling him it is a facsimile/screen print. I'm sorry, I've been duped with facsimile/screen print before and this is not one. Does anyone here get the impression it is? To me it's just a cheap ball, a bad pen, and 20 years old.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on December 10, 2014 at 5:56pm

No, it has bleeding/shadowing around the letters.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on December 10, 2014 at 6:30pm

It is an authentic autograph, not a stamp or facsimile.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 10, 2014 at 7:50pm

The halo-ing would indicate to me it is live ink and not a some sort of print.

Perhaps it is a case of buyer's remorse. Did he produce the letter from the authenticator?

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Permalink Reply by Null on December 11, 2014 at 6:52am

This is why alot of eBay sellers require a reject letter from PSA/DNA or JSA only. This sounds like he showed it to his neighbor Bill the "authenticator" who thought it looked cheap and maybe fake. You just sold it last week, there is no way he sent it to any reputable authentication company. If he's willing to pay the shipping back, I would probably just refund him and resell.