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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 30, 2019 at 9:41pm

That’s a well-known forgery style. One we talk about quite a bit. All the ones we’ve seen were printed on inkjet printed photos. Inkjet photos came out right after Mantle died.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on December 1, 2019 at 6:48am

Typical "Florida" garbage.

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Permalink Reply by James on December 1, 2019 at 2:01pm

So what should one look out for on this forgery style?  Is it the big, looping first M that really stands out which is consistently larger than the second M?  And maybe the pronounced upward positioning of the last name? 

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on December 1, 2019 at 2:09pm

James, the only thing that works for me is my "eye."

I don't get technical about autographs.

My "eye" sees everything (speed, formation, baseline, etc).

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Permalink Reply by Steve on December 1, 2019 at 5:25pm

Exactly right!

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