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Mantle, DiMaggio, Williams

Hello

Two of the three signatures that I posted here were submitted to SGC and failed Authentication. The third has yet to be submitted though I suspect that it’s also bad. Opinions on what’s wrong with them? Thanks.

Tags: DiMaggio, Mantle

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Permalink Reply by James on July 5, 2018 at 7:45pm

I can’t properly describe what’s wrong with them, but I can tell, in fact, that they’re all fakes, unfortunately. It’s very dissapointing. Believe me. I can empathize.

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Permalink Reply by John Spillane on July 6, 2018 at 2:09am

I can definitely see why they'd fail. They're not authentic! Sorry!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on July 6, 2018 at 6:11am

SGC got it right in my opinion. The Mantle and DiMaggio are clearly slowly drawn with signs of bleeding. The Williams looks a little smoother, but has many formation problems.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Calciano on July 6, 2018 at 7:05am

To my untrained eye the “Mickey” looks cramped while the “Mantle” looks too drawn out. Looks like the baseline is off too.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on July 6, 2018 at 8:39am

Yep. The whole think looks like a funhouse mirror image of a Mantle signature.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Calciano on July 6, 2018 at 2:30pm

Here’s a Willie Mays that also failed SGC. The DiMaggio and the Williams both failed SGC. All three were submitted on a $10 each monthly special so not a complete disaster. The Mantle was not submitted and won’t be.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 6, 2018 at 4:50pm

Yes, those are horrid. All penned by the same hand.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Calciano on July 6, 2018 at 5:37pm

That’s interesting. I’ve had these in a binder for over 20 years and come to think of it I’m almost positive that 2 of them and possibly all 3 were purchased at the same shop in Oakland Park, Florida(surprise).