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Just thought I would share some examples of Mantle forgeries ranging from laughable to halfway decent. Feel free to add these to your exemplars and/or post additional ones.

BALLS:

Flats:

Here is a little test, only 1 of these is authentic:

I will end this thread with my 2 favorite AUTHENTIC pieces of all time:

=)

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Here is a forgery listed by eBay seller marcano02

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-signed-Auto-W-COA-Yankees-HOF...

Common GAI forgeries listed by eBay seller bigeds17872

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-TED-WILLIAMS-AUTOGRAPHED-11x1...

Nice job Ryan putting all of these forgeries in one spot to look at them.. You da Man.

Here is a forgery listed by eBay seller sellingmypast 

Love the "blurry" photos.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-single-signed-Autographed-Bas...

Another hideous forgery, this listed by eBay seller cokerjerry

Already up to $212 bids. WOW.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Willie-Mays-Duke-Snider-Autog...

Bad forgery listed by eBay seller dec2050 This turd shows up in the top 5 under "Best Matches" if you search for a Mantle sig on eBay. Just sickening.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Signed-Mickey-Mantle-white-baseball-with-ca...

Crap forgery listed by eBay seller sportsjerseyking

As you can see, these forgeries come in all sorts of shapes/sizes. Just hideous.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-Signed-A-L-Bobby-Brown-Baseba...

Seems eBay has given up all hope on removing forgeries. 

Please keep posting them here.  I know its frustrating but it doesn't go unnoticed that you are alerting folks to them. 

Common "Banana Mantle" forgery listed by eBay seller tonymill77er

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Signed-Mickey-Mantle-white-baseball-with-ca...

Typical "Florida" forgery listed by eBay seller sanman6970 

Comes with "COA" from GFA (Guaranteed Forged Autograph)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micky-Matle-Custom-Autographed-Plaque-L-K-S...

forgery listed by seller autohausmotorsport

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