Comment by Rich on May 12, 2011 at 9:09am

I'm surprised AAFES would even try dabbling in autographs, especially highly forged ones like those!  They should stick to what they do best, which is being a half-ass Walmart.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 12, 2011 at 10:28am

Someone posted a discussion asking about another SP he claims is from AAFES. Input please?

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/mickey-mantle-duke-s...

Comment by Rich on May 12, 2011 at 10:39am

Yeah, I saw that one too.  Wow.  lloks like someone absolutely duped AAFES.  I just can't believe AAFES refuses to take any responsibility for it.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 13, 2011 at 4:20pm

These are all but one of the soldier's Mantles, side by side. Click to enlarge the image.

Comment by Steve Zarelli on May 13, 2011 at 4:28pm

Every single one came from the same hand and it wasn't Mantle's. 

 

The graphic is interesting in that it shows how forgers are essentially human Autopen machines. They learn a signature a certain way and repeat it almost exactly. It has none of the natural variations a signature does coming from the authentic signer.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 13, 2011 at 5:04pm

What about these? Click to enlarge:

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 13, 2011 at 5:07pm

I deleted the prior comment with the image below, because the screenshot it had a folder at the bottom that identified the source.

Comment by CJCollector on May 13, 2011 at 5:11pm

The screen shot with the twelve pieces are total garbage.   This crap has been selling all over the globe the last few years.  Has to be in the tens of thousands by now. 

Amazing that "The Mick" has been gone almost 16 years and yet this crap continues to find its way out of that "warehouse" that they have been stored for almost 16 years and in pristine (cough, cough) condition, too.  Must be a huge warehouse that has been climate-controlled for 16 years.

Geez, I didn't realize "The Mick" signed so many different (cough, cough) photographs.

Comment by Rick Meyer on May 13, 2011 at 5:16pm

Look exactly like the ones I got from them.

Comment by Steve Zarelli on May 13, 2011 at 5:33pm

The image with the 8 images is a lot tougher. There are certainly authentic examples, and a few that are question marks. NONE of them are from the same forger as the 12 image collage.

In my opinion:
Top left - ?
Top Middle - ?
Top right - ?
Center left - probably ok
Center center - definitely real
Right bottom - this one bothers me a bit... can't be certain
Left bottom - probably ok
Center bottom - definitely real

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