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one way fake autographs are fooling tpas and others

you can actually put a pen pencil marker and it does the work and its not autopen.

one more to know were autograph comes from

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For other uses, see Plotter (disambiguation).

Hewlett-Packard A0 Plotter 5785B
The plotter is a computer printer for printing vector graphics. In the past, plotters were used in applications such as computer-aided design, though they have generally been replaced with wide-format conventional printers. A plotter gives a hard copy of the output. It draws pictures on a paper using a pen. Plotters are used to print designs of ships and machines, plans for buildings and so on.

This means that plotters are vector graphics devices, rather than raster graphics as with other printers. Pen plotters can draw complex line art, including text, but do so slowly because of the mechanical movement of the pens. They are often incapable of efficiently creating a solid region of color, but can hatch an area by drawing a number of close, regular lines.

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Permalink Reply by marc e on November 12, 2018 at 7:51pm

that's why research is very import and know who ur buying from. I know people keep claiming price shoudnt matter but look if it sounds to go to be true it probably is.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 12, 2018 at 5:38pm

That's likely how the GFA/Podsada fake Mantles, Williams, DiMaggios, 500 HR hitter group photos, and Muhammad Alis are made.

Here's a comparison photo. Every one is different, but look how close:

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 12, 2018 at 8:50pm

This is a comparison of genuine Mickey Mantles on the left, and mechanically forged ones on the right, probably done with a plotter. It's a HUGE image so you can get in close. You may want to download it.

The mechanically signed ones are the kind that Chris Williams has been talking about for years, for the last few years primarily authenticated by GFI: Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators.

They are not only mechanically signed, they are signed on color inkjet photos on inkjet photo paper. Mantle died in Aug. 1995. The first printers and paper used for this came out the same month. And ones of this quality didn't start appearing until the early 2000s.

Notice the natural smoothness and flow of the genuine ones on the left. Now notice the roughness of the mechanically signed ones on the right. The jerkiness of the curves of Ms of Mantle. The defined stops and starts of each movement of the pen. See how the crossbars of the Ts on the fakes look like they are below the vertical strokes. Who crosses their T before the upright?

The fake signatures themselves are eerily close. It appears that the forgers use the same basic signature and have the computer make variations so most do not look alike.

Mantle was such a consistent signer that some of his autographs look identical, but these are different.

This photo is 5000+ pixels wide so you can get in real close. I encourage you to save it on your computer and spend time studying the examples of both.