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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on November 24, 2013 at 9:33am

I hope you do realize that Christopher Williams is probably one of, if not possibly the best Mantle expert in North America, and very likely globally. No one has spent more time studying Mantle. And the Mantle guys on this forum are the best in the world, hands down. Your forgery is pathetic. Secondly, if you knew anything about Mantle, you would know that his signature, especially later in life, was as consistent as can be. There are always certain characteristics present in every authentic Mantle signature. ALWAYS. Yours has none of them, its pathetic, and a blatant forgery. And if you have any knowledge of autographs at all, you already know that. But since you supposedly compared this to others and saw no difference, you obviously dont have any autograph knowledge whatsoever and are just flipping a forgery for profit. Oh well, the world now knows, along with the ebay name who sold them.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 24, 2013 at 9:45am

Blayne,

I agree with the others here that your Mantle ball is, unfortunately, a well-known style of forgery. But here's a suggestion; in order to protect the person you sold it to, why don't you get a PSA/DNA Quick Opinion on it? It costs less than $10 and they're tops on Mantle, in my opinion.

Even tho your listing sold, they can still render one from the closed listing.

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Permalink Reply by Null on November 24, 2013 at 10:23am

Blayne, Christopher Williams has been studying autographs for longer than you have owned this forgery. Instead of pointing fingers and name-calling, why not try and learn from this? Yes, people sign different everytime but there are certain characteristics that do not change. Those of us who study autographs see these characteristics, those who know NOTHING about autographs do not. (which is why you can't see it). This really isn't even a good forgery by any means, the forger literally didn't get ONE letter right and signed in slow motion.

There are plenty of resources on this site to learn The Mick's sig that myself and several others have put together for people like yourself to learn from. Yes, it's hard to accept the fact that you've owned a forgery for 15 years but we've all been there.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 24, 2013 at 10:56am

Save your breath Ryan.  BS is more interested in name calling than learning.  

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Permalink Reply by wascher on November 24, 2013 at 9:19am

I must be in some sort of mood, because right about now, I would love to see a Fudd post  (ok, so I'm slipping a little).

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on November 24, 2013 at 10:45am

Ditto, Wascher.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on November 24, 2013 at 9:26am

Im not even good at Mantle and can see thats a horrid horrid forgery. Blayne Shell, you should now know that any google search for your name or ebay ID will now shop up first thing showing you sold this forgery. You should also know that the members here will now follow your ebay accounts if you try and switch names and post them as well

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 24, 2013 at 9:52am

that's the point Carl. the signature is so shaky that you dont have to be a Mantle expert to flag this one as the forgery that it is.

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Permalink Reply by Null on November 24, 2013 at 10:14am

Horrible forgery, and typical response from a forgery seller. You don't even have to know anything about The Mick's signature to tell this is a forgery. Just evaluate the handwriting and that's all you need.

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Permalink Reply by Chriswilliams Isnoexpert on November 24, 2013 at 10:39am

Lmao at you dip s*** posers. I am simply moving a bunch of stuff from my collection in order to buy my daughter a car...items I've had for years, not things I whipped up with a pen or a copy machine. Wish you all the nest of luck judging, criticizing and actually thinking more than 100 people world wide care what you think.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on November 24, 2013 at 10:42am

You sold someone a Mickey Mantle forgery for $185.00.

Sleep well at night, Mr. Shell.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 24, 2013 at 10:51am

hey BS, too bad the ball was a forgery. you would have been able to get 400 bucks towards your daughter's car, instead of a meager 185.  what a bummer.

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