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What do you guys think about this Mantle signature?

Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Null on October 8, 2013 at 12:12pm

There is a new forger out there though who gets these pretty close, which is why I would like to see full photo.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Frost on October 8, 2013 at 12:24pm

Please show the photograph, tell my the size of the image as well as a copy of the back of the photograph.. I will try to help you with this matter.

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Permalink Reply by Null on October 8, 2013 at 12:40pm

This fooled me at first, but the more I look at it, I think the forger of this has gotten better:

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 8, 2013 at 1:02pm

wow. if this is a forgery we are all in trouble.

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Permalink Reply by Null on October 8, 2013 at 1:09pm

Agreed. My first reaction was "No Question authentic" but something seems "off".

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Permalink Reply by GraphingMlb on October 8, 2013 at 3:04pm

This is one That Cee Gee was questioning a few weeks back..and decided to pass..i saw this posted a while back on the bay also around the time I picked up that Plaque..As i recall it has been relisted a few times at a lower price each time..This is a damn good forgery but its still bad.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on October 10, 2013 at 5:37am

Yeah T...I got fooled on this one...most of the problem here is I bid on items from my phone where the screen is about a 3 inch image...LOL...it was too cheap not to take a shot in the dark on (about 20 something bucks) ......there are some great qualities in this fake...so I took a shot on it...and had the pros look at it...even though it came out fake...it was better to know sooner then later...as I was looking for a piece for my nephew...and I came across this at the time...but its all good...I rather it off the market for the 20 I spent on it then some piece of garbage that would just flip it for hundreds...no biggie...on the same note I had my Dimaggio Mantle photo pass which has now boosted the value on that 16x20..

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 8, 2013 at 3:13pm

this exhibits the same characteristics as the photo in the discussion. at least these forgers are consistent.

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Permalink Reply by Null on October 8, 2013 at 3:17pm

It's easy to be fooled by if you're not looking at your exemplars side by side. Both photos I don't think I've ever seen authentic graphs on.... They could be inkjet which is dead give away.