MICKEY MANTLE AUTHENTIC EXEMPLARS... READ ALL ABOUT IT!

I just wanted to post these here to see what Fudd the Lowly Mantle Collector can do to help stop the flood of forgeries into the market place. The goal is that we can all start educating ourselves before we buy. To see what a beautiful signature the Mick had, and to learn to distinguish it from the obvious forgeries at first glance. Something TTA, STAT, DREW MAX, GAI GLOBAL (Baker certs) My Favorite Players Reborn (Tony Podsada) & Christopher Morales can't seem to do....at all? You will almost never see a signature in this photo album collection that would match or come close to anything that has been certed by any of those guys. Maybe you'll find 1 in a 1000 if you're lucky. To tell the difference between what an original hand signed Photo by the Mick looks like vs. an obvious Fake at first glance is easy. Give it a try. It's Fun!

As has been told many times, The Mick made more in one signing than his dad did in 1 year. He felt obligated to his fans to give them a "work of art". He did this by signing on just the right spot for the particular photograph he was presented. The size of his signature was determined by how big the sweet spot was. He knew EXACTLY how to fit his signature in so it looked perfect. A thing of beauty really. Please note that these are not all the same signature over and over, but merely a sample from my collection. What I do know is that these are consistent with the WAY Mantle signed and structured his Autograph as we know it. Good luck! FUDD

AUTHENTIC EXEMPLARS-PHOTOS

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AUTHENTIC EXEMPLARS-BALLS

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Comment by CJCollector on November 25, 2011 at 12:48pm: Here's another beauty of a Mickey Mantle forgery being sold by Ebay seller "alcollectbales2011." The seller writes "Will pass any authentication."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-line-drive-mickey-mantle-autographed-c...

Comment by CEE GEE on November 25, 2011 at 3:56pm: That Mantle should be placed into a shreder

Comment by CJCollector on November 25, 2011 at 4:07pm: In my previous post I misspelled the Ebay seller's ID. It should "alcollectables2011."

Comment by CJCollector on November 27, 2011 at 2:07pm: Look at this piece of crap being sold by Ebay seller "eddiessd1." Certed by GAI. Two ugly forgeries. The bidding is up to $193.00 for that garbage.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=31036101...

Comment by CJCollector on November 28, 2011 at 8:57am: Here's another beauty of a forgery. This Mantle forgery is being sold by Ebay seller "batsfan."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPHED-AMERICAN-LEAGUE-B...

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 28, 2011 at 9:05am: Has anybody searched Amazon for Mantle/DiMaggio/Williams? There's a lot of material up there.

Comment by CEE GEE on November 28, 2011 at 10:57am: those are just nasty Chris

Comment by CEE GEE on November 28, 2011 at 11:03am: Check out this crumby Mantle fake on the record in Blue ink...I saw this in Steiner Sports on Saturday...I was shocked to see they had a fake Mantle but once I saw the denied JSA letter and them advertising "Beware of ebay sellers" &" "Looks real" I was like WOW...they should do this in every store that sells authentic items...