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Mickey Mantle/Joe Dimaggio/Yogi Berra

Can someone take a look at these index cards and tell me in your opinion if they are fake?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on May 7, 2018 at 11:12am

Those are all forgeries. They look like the same garbage listed by EBay seller Jfried504. I have posted quite a few threads on the laughable forgeries sold by EBay seller Jfried504.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on May 7, 2018 at 11:54am

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on May 7, 2018 at 3:25pm

By the way, I was only commenting on the index cards.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on May 7, 2018 at 3:30pm

Chris,

I understood that you had only commented on the index cards, but I hear your the guy to ask. So I figured I would ask about the Mickey Mantle hat and limited edition Hank Aaron ball. To double check that they were authentic or not. What you think sir?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 7, 2018 at 12:03pm

Dustin,

I agree with Chris. Your pieces were signed slowly, and shakily except for the DiMaggio.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 7, 2018 at 12:06pm

BTW, autographs on hats and other cloth surfaces are often signed slower than paper or plastic and can look a bit different. They're not good for comparison except with other autographs signed on similar surfaces.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on May 7, 2018 at 12:08pm

Steve,

So in your opinion is the hat real? How about the Hank Aaron ball?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on May 7, 2018 at 3:36pm

That hat looks good to me.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on May 7, 2018 at 12:44pm

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Permalink Reply by 0daqnwz731p09 on May 8, 2018 at 3:09am

You don't need to know anything about those autographs to know that they're forgeries. Look at the visible shakiness. Especially on the Mantle and the Berra. Unless they had Parkinson's or were lying on their deathbed signing autographs, there is no reasonable explanation to explain the hand tremor.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on May 9, 2018 at 7:48pm

"Look at the visible shakiness. Especially on the Mantle and the Berra. Unless they had Parkinson's or were lying on their deathbed signing autographs, there is no reasonable explanation to explain the hand tremor."

I've heard of mass hysteria, but never mass Parkinson's. But that appears to be exactly what we're dealing with here! Ooo-fa!