Comment by Steve Zarelli on May 10, 2011 at 5:34am

I believe this is a Marino forgery. As a reference, here is a Mantle forge I obtained from B&J Collectibles, a documented distributor of Marino fakes. Identical style to this exemplar.

 

Comment by Rick Meyer on May 10, 2011 at 11:01am

Very interesting. These came in a previously used envelope and I can read b&j collectibles and the name bill rodman on it. Looks to me like this is where they are buying their inventory

Comment by Steve Zarelli on May 10, 2011 at 11:13am

Looks like I nailed that one. lol

 

That's the thing with authentic autographs... you shouldn't be able to tell who sold them from the signature alone!! B&J has been out of business for years... perhaps some employees/owners have a stash of inventory they are unloading through back channels.

 

Sorry. :-(

 

 

Comment by Rick Meyer on May 10, 2011 at 11:17am

Stay tuned Zippy. You are good. Former owner is the one selling it. I'm posting a pic of the envelope that was mailed to me. You nailed it.

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