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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on July 22, 2012 at 6:01am

I may have been signed in January 1995, but not by Mantle. IMO

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Permalink Reply by John Strickland on July 22, 2012 at 8:14am

LOL !

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on July 22, 2012 at 10:33am

Same old fake style we've seen thousands of times.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 22, 2012 at 1:58pm

Typical, horrific Mickey Mantle forgery that we have seen by the thousands over the years!!!!  Just an ugly forgery!!!!

Gotta laugh a bit when the sellers of these forgeries offer "Free Priority Shipping."  Who wouldn't want their forgery shipped quickly!!!!  This crap continues to infect the hobby!!!!

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on July 23, 2012 at 5:10am

Ball also comes with ultra pro ball cube so your fake can be protected...LOL...that thing is a horrific fake that like Chris states are in the thousands if not 10's of thousands...

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Permalink Reply by James Wymer on July 23, 2012 at 7:44pm

That is one expensive pro ball cube!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jim Poore on July 25, 2012 at 5:54pm

With all of these references to the above Ebay item, what are the qualifications for saying this auto is not real? Not being mean, would just like to know. This was my listing and had it pulled by Ebay. Had a COA from NVA, who I know is no PSA or JSA. If I thought it was a forgery or fake, it would not have been listed. I have a very good reputation on my Ebay listing and would like to keep it that way. I will be contacting PSA Quick opinion on this item. I have seen other items on Ebay and Aution houses selling autographed items with a NVA COA and they sold for quite a bit. Have never seen anyone say their items are fake. Are they on the EBAY excluded list?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 25, 2012 at 6:11pm

Jim, these Mantle forgeries were produced in the thousands.  I'm not sure what you mean when you write "What are the qualifications for saying this is not real?" 

The problem with fraud in the hobby, is that the fraudsters know that the majority of people who collect, buy and sell autographs, don't have a clue about autographs.  That's why forgeries easily outnumber authentic autographs.

An autograph isn't about the COA, it's about the autograph itself.  Ebay took the correct action in pulling that Mantle.  Go to the below link and take the time to scan the various Mantle, Williams and DiMaggio forgeries.  It takes quite a bit of time (years) to learn about autographs.

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/mantle-williams-and-...

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 25, 2012 at 6:18pm

I have no idea who NVA is or what they do, but they are not on Ebay's Banned COA list.  But that Mantle is certainly not authentic.

Send it to PSA.

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on July 26, 2012 at 10:01am

Don't egg the poor guy to send it to PSA or Quick opinion for that matter.

I have purchased a fake 8 x 10 Mantle in the past with the NVA cert. years ago. A piece of crap cert for a piece of crap. I'd rather have an authentic item with NO CERT. Fudd (formally the Lowly Mantle collector)

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Permalink Reply by DB on July 26, 2012 at 1:19pm

Fudd, what does NVA stand for?  I'm thinking North Vietnamese Army but that's probably not right.  

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on July 26, 2012 at 1:26pm

Not Very Authentic

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