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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on November 14, 2011 at 6:17am

oy...

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Permalink Reply by Ron G on December 29, 2011 at 9:20pm

What's your opinion on this onethis auto

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 30, 2011 at 6:02am

In my opinion, this ball is not authentic. You can see the wavering in the slowly drawn loops. The formation and spacing is slightly off. Although, it is a cut above the “Milkey Mautle” fakes.  :-)

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on December 30, 2011 at 6:26am

hey Zipper, Happy New Year! I agree with you on this one, no question.  But I have to admit that when I look at some of the other Mantle's that are "obviously bad", I am having trouble understanding the differences.  CEE GEE was nice enough to educate me, but even with that education, some of the ones that I think look good are bad, and visa versa.  is it me, or is Mantle just harder? I dont seem to have this problem with Dimaggio, or most others!

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on December 30, 2011 at 6:49am

I concur with my pal Mr.Zipper...if the forgers are reading this I don't want to give away whats bad...but I can see at least 7 red flags on this on in particular which makes me come to the conclusion its not authentic....

I will add like Zipper said...this is no question a better then the usual fake...no doubt about it...but if you really look at that second "M" the bottom portion is a bit shaky and not fluid it one bit...there really is a lot of negatives on this one

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 30, 2011 at 7:04am

...if the forgers are reading this I don't want to give away whats bad...

That’s not an “if”… they are definitely reading these forums and ones like it to get feedback on how to get better.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on December 30, 2011 at 7:46am

I agree with you both.  but what confuses me is that I see this particular forgery as an easy one to spot, but you guys are saying its better than average.  I think it is really bad.  but some of the ones you have indicated as "really obvious", look better than this one, at least to me.  If I want to get into more detail, I will email you both!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 30, 2011 at 7:52am

I think he does a better job with the “an”… but you are right… it is still obvious. Maybe it strikes me as “a little better” because I haven’t seen this identical fake style 5 billion times as I have with others.

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Permalink Reply by Ron G on December 30, 2011 at 4:38pm

Thanks for all your feedback. I am looking to get a ball and send it to psa in the future. I cannot afford a psa right now but I will take a chance on a non PSA ball if it looks good. I respect all your feedback. If you dont mind can you comment on this one. I think it looks good and it is on a bobby brown baseball.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on January 3, 2012 at 6:22am

this is a tuff one Ron...i do see good and bad with this...its pretty sloppy...I am really not sure...lets see what the others say

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Permalink Reply by Ron G on January 6, 2012 at 4:48pm

thanks again for your comments. I think I found a good one that I am going to take a chance on and buy. Hopefully you can get a good look at the autograph there is some glare. I can take another one if needed. Please tell me what you think. Thanks to all who have commented.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on January 6, 2012 at 7:36pm

I would say even with the glare this one is good

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