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MICKEY MANTLE AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH EXAMPLES FROM THE 1950'S TO THE MID 90'S

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OK Mickey Mantle fans...here's a great tool guide if your looking to purchase an authentic Mickey Mantle...just like you and me our signature changes over the years with age as did Mantles from his early playing years in the 50's up until the mid 90's...in PHOTO 1 there is a great example of a very early Mantle auto...very similar to the infamous 1952 Bowman card auto pen version...these early autos usually carry a premium and are slightly more expensive then his modern day "half moon" autos that has been coined from operation bullpen regarding the style the forgers used for Mantles modern day auto as seen in PHOTO 3...Mantles early auto are harder to come by and are not as popular as what most of us know a Mantle today or "The forgers choice" as it is in PHOTO 3...THIS PARTICULAR STYLE AUTO IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST TO COME BY !!!!....But granted they do exist and are HIGHLY DESIRABLE...

PHOTO 2

In this photo you can see how much Mantles auto has changed dramatically from his original version which had what looked to be a number "7" style "M" with a more "script style" as we were all were show in grammar school with out the other popular trait of Mantles "Y" in the "Mickey" swooping upwards after the "E"...his second autograph version during his playing days was a much softer and rounder look much like the top of his letter "M" later in his autograph style which is now what has become his most popular...this particular piece was an autograph in a book that sold at auction for over $700.00 ...just a beautiful piece in my opinion...and style to boot...this style is also still available but not no were near as much as PHOTO 3

PHOTO 3

This is Mickey Mantles most popular style autograph none to most collectors (the half moon style)...Mantle also signed a slightly similar version of this autograph during the end of his playing days which had in my opinion a slightly sharper style "M" and another version were his "M" had loops ranging from different sizes on the bottoms as well which has morphed if you will into what you see in this image...Here is a great example of an authentic autograph from the 1994 upper deck set that can be pretty pricey...and even more pricey with Ken Griffey Jr's auto affixed on this card as well...you can also find other great examples of authentic and fake Mantles posted all over this site by other members...please feel free to ask any questions and or leave comments...thanks for reading and happy collecting !!!

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on July 28, 2011 at 9:46am

Thanks Cee Gee. Another fine resource for smoking out forgeries.

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Permalink Reply by David Zagwyn on January 10, 2013 at 4:30pm

I have a mantle photo can you tell me your opinion?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on January 10, 2013 at 4:35pm

Not authentic in my opinion. Sorry.

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Permalink Reply by Tyler Johnson on October 20, 2013 at 9:06pm

I am new to this site and trying to learn about the sig so I can purchase one myself that i am confident is authentic. I look at this piece and still can not figure out what is it that makes you sure its not real>

I have posted a few times and one of the members really didnt want to help me much because he said that he didnt want to tell any secrets so that forgers wont use them against us// So how am I supposed to learn if thats the case. so i am hoping you could give me a few pointers to help me out because its getting comical. everyone I seem to think is legit you guys say its no good and the ones I think are terrible you all say legit its pretty comical to the point its at.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on January 10, 2013 at 6:19pm

Piece of crap.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on January 11, 2013 at 4:52am

Yeah David...no good bro...sorry

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Permalink Reply by darold wojciechowski on September 11, 2012 at 11:16am

can i have help with authenicating this mickey mantle signature before i buy this jersey. please and thank you.

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Permalink Reply by darold wojciechowski on September 11, 2012 at 11:35am

thank you steve

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on September 11, 2012 at 11:26am

Hey Darold...stay away from that one...thats no good....Not Authentic !!

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Permalink Reply by darold wojciechowski on September 11, 2012 at 11:38am

thank you cee gee. They wanted 2000 and since its not authentic i said 1500 but let me check and i came across you guys. I really want a mantle jersey for my collection and i don't have 5k to just spend on a uda mantle jersey