PSA Authenticates Forged Mickey Mantle Photo--Unbelieveable!!!!

When I first observed the below forged Mickey Mantle photo I did a double-take.

As you can see, it was authenticated by PSA on May 7th, 2025.

I then did a PSA Cert-Check to confirm that PSA did indeed authenticate the below "Mantle."

It is a valid LOA.

The employee who "authenticated" that "Mantle," has, in my opinion, no business being in that position.

There's absolutely no excuse for this.

I have been a supporter of the TPA's over the last twenty-five years, but there is no excuse for this.   This is a forgery that should have been opined in one second as "Not Authentic."

This is a common forgery-style that I have observed hundreds of times.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/205522418862?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26ai...

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Comment by michelle on May 31, 2025 at 11:01am

Not until I joined AML , I know it is sad and tragic.  The good thing is I know a lot about him and Babe Ruth now

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on May 31, 2025 at 12:06pm

"...this is a real black eye for PSA..."

This can match the one from the "Houdini" ;)

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on May 31, 2025 at 1:04pm

I wonder how many employees they have? The passed over 400,000 autographs in a single year and that was 10 years ago.

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on May 31, 2025 at 1:07pm

That is over 1000 a day...

Comment by J.Seah on May 31, 2025 at 1:22pm

I was just at PSA DNA Santa Ana office about 2 weeks ago.

I was told they have 2000 employees there. 

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on May 31, 2025 at 1:26pm

And there is Jersey City, perhaps of equal size.

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on May 31, 2025 at 1:33pm

And two new locations announced.just today for July 2025 (tickets) and sometime in 2026 (card grading).

Comment by Eric Keith Longo on May 31, 2025 at 1:36pm

It appears 75% of submissions come from the USA

Comment by eddy on May 31, 2025 at 3:02pm

It's so shadowy and mysterious.  And seemingly more and more unreliable.

Comment by CJCollector on May 31, 2025 at 3:15pm

What Terrier posted is spot on; this is a real black eye for PSA.

I still want to know the individual who signed off on that "Mantle."

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