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Mariano Rivera - Real or Fake?

99% sure that this is a nice example of his early signature.

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on November 4, 2013 at 7:10pm

im gonna say no good IMO. But I would wait for Zipper and others to opine this.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on November 4, 2013 at 7:12pm

I'd be really surprised if this is fake. I'm usually spot-on with Riveras and this is being offered to me by a high ranking executive who has an amazing amount of authentic memorabilia with amazing provenance. Hopefully this is real, would love it in my collection.

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on November 4, 2013 at 7:16pm

how early do you think this is Mike?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on November 4, 2013 at 7:20pm

I'm not an expert on autograph timelines, but I'd say this would definitely be from his first few years in the majors (if it is in fact genuine)

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on November 4, 2013 at 7:19pm

The pic is kinda blurry and Rivera is kinda hard to see. from what I can see Rivera is not as neat as I`m used to seeing

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on November 4, 2013 at 7:23pm

I hope Mr. Zipper doesn't mind, but I think it looks similar to his Rivera that he posted here:

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/mariano-rivera-the-s...

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on November 4, 2013 at 7:46pm

that is a better pic...you can see Rivera...from seeing that pic and a few others on ebay....it could be good.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on November 4, 2013 at 7:49pm

Yeah, unfortunately I can't get a better picture of this, but if you knew the seller, I'm sure you'd be confident too haha. I think he considers this piece (among many other great pieces) his "expendables" as he's downsizing houses.