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Questionable Willie Mays

Walked into a good friends office today and he showed me his recent acquisition. I'm no expert, but it doesn't look like the Mays certified cards I have. He purchased it at a charity auction.

Has a Say Hey hologram.

Thoughts?

Tags: hey, mays, say, willie

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Permalink Reply by TradeGeek on January 25, 2016 at 3:21pm

Other issue is the bat. Are there Chinese knockoffs of bats? It has very sloppy printing, and the glossy finish doesn't seem right.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on January 25, 2016 at 6:27pm

Not my area of expertise, but I am fairly familiar with Mays. This is certainly an odd example and I'd avoid it.

There has been ongoing chatter of issues with Sey Hey holograms... so I wouldn't place a lot of confidence in that.

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Permalink Reply by TradeGeek on January 25, 2016 at 9:18pm

Thanks Steve. Much appreciated. Any other opinions? I'd like to help my friend get his money back. I don't want to have him accuse anybody of anything if we aren't certain. It looks nothing like the Mays examples I have. But I really want to be sure.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on January 27, 2016 at 4:24pm

I would stay away. I have two 16x20's, an 11x14, three 8x10's, and a baseball signed by him and none look like this.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on January 27, 2016 at 4:50pm

that is really a horrendous example of a Mays signature.

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Permalink Reply by TradeGeek on January 27, 2016 at 4:56pm

Horrendous but real? or Horrendous but fake? Or just too horrendous to know?

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on January 27, 2016 at 6:15pm

I would give that sucker a no by looking at the way that M was signed. Don't know why somebody would put their sticker on it if it was already "gospel" with the Say Hey on it?