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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on August 25, 2011 at 1:36pm

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on August 25, 2011 at 1:36pm

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on August 25, 2011 at 1:37pm

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Permalink Reply by Brick Hunter on August 25, 2011 at 11:21pm

Which category does this Mickey Mantle fall into?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Signed-Autographed-Baseball-P...

 

Mike Baker for $285.05 best offer? This guy had some kind of racket going. If he can fool Judge Judy, what hope is there for the average autograph collector? And what more can be done to make sure his name and his certs are synonymous with forgeries?

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on August 26, 2011 at 4:25am

whats up brick...yeah I saw that one some time ago and that one is actually authentic...I have now seen 4 authentic Mantles from GAI and about 200 forgeries...YIKES !!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on August 26, 2011 at 4:26am

another good one....a true needle in the forgery hay stack

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Permalink Reply by Brick Hunter on August 26, 2011 at 10:28am

I know next to nothing about Mantle authentic but I think seeing 200 Mike Baker Mantle's is probably a conservative estimate. I've seen more perusing eBay. These can far outnumber a lot of other questionable forgeries I see.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on August 27, 2011 at 4:25pm

The bottom one is definately fake.

 

The top one looks like it might be real, but I'd need to see it a a bit larger and brighter. There is one thing I don't like about it, but it's not so bad it may not still be real. If this is a fake, it's pretty scary.

 

The middle one is a question mark. There are things I like about it, and a few things I don't. Again, if this is a fake, it's scary because it has some convincing qualities.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on August 27, 2011 at 6:59pm

@zipper...without giving out info to any forgers out there if your thinking what iam thinking about the first auto I think even with those flaws its good...if its not.....then Mantle collectors are going to be losing lots and lots of money...if its indeed bad...that would be by far the best forgery I have ever seen...but I feel pretty confident that its legit...I Will try to get a bigger and brighter version...now that second version I have to say it completely got me baffled...there is no doubt that there are characteristics that are whats none of genuine pieces...but there is so much about it I don't like...it kind of reminded me of the "blocky" one you posted some time ago...except for the one thing this version lacks compared to the image you posted...I think you know what iam talking about...The last one is no doubt no question garbage...but it all comes back to how can one company authenticate ALL 3 ?....too sick...Mantle fans can't win like that...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 27, 2011 at 7:56pm

From what I've seen around here, I think you're right that the lower one is likely bad, Zippy. My money's on the top one being good. 

BTW, when you enlarge the bottom one, the end of the M of Mickey seamlessly starts the 'i'. I haven't seen that before, but everything I've learned about Mantle's autograph has been on this site. Has anyone seen that before on a genuine Mantle?

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on August 28, 2011 at 10:12am

Hey Steve...the 2 authentic Mantle's I posted that are authentic authenticated by GAI has the conjoining MI in the Mickey portions...I also agree that the first Mantle is authentic...iam no expert but I do like it

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on August 29, 2011 at 5:34am

BTW, when you enlarge the bottom one, the end of the M of Mickey seamlessly starts the 'i'. I haven't seen that before, but everything I've learned about Mantle's autograph has been on this site. Has anyone seen that before on a genuine Mantle?

The M connects to the I in the bottom signed book. Not sure about this.

 

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