Comment by Null on January 18, 2016 at 7:57am

Awful forgeries! Buyers beware!

Comment by CJCollector on January 18, 2016 at 7:59am

Exactly, Ryan.

Buyers beware.

Comment by Steve Zarelli on January 18, 2016 at 8:06am

In the past several months there has been a FLOOD of Maris/Mantle dual signed items on eBay. There has been more Maris/Mantles in the past 3 months than I have seen in the previous 5 years.

And they are mostly coming from sellers in Florida. Are Maris and Mantle still signing somewhere in Florida?

Comment by Steve Zarelli on January 18, 2016 at 8:10am

And the Florida Maris/Mantles are routinely selling for a few hundred bucks.

Wouldn't an authentic dual-signed Maris/Mantle sell for $1,500 or more from any reputable dealer or auction house? Seems to me a knowledgeable dealer or collector would pay $1,000 for a Maris/Mantle and still have plenty of meat on the bone for a flip.

Comment by CJCollector on January 18, 2016 at 8:19am

You have to understand, Steve, there are a ton of delusional wannabe collectors who "want to believe" that what they own is authentic; these are the same people who purchase a "Mantle/Maris" signed photograph for $237.00.

Comment by Robert Sarro on January 20, 2016 at 9:02am

GFA I swear when the came up with the company name they had to be laughing about how it stood for "Guaranteed FAKE Autographs". I would take a gamble and buy an unauthenticated piece before I ever bought anything that GFA said was real.

Comment by Steve on January 20, 2016 at 10:12am

I have not seen one authentic item from GFA. I wish there was finally a full investigation and related news story regarding companies like this and the following fire sale.

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