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
http://s1342.beta.photobucket.com/user/fuddjcal/library/Mickey%20Ma...
AUTHENTIC EXEMPLARS-BALLS
http://s1342.beta.photobucket.com/user/fuddjcal/library/Mickey%20Ma...
Thanks guys, that's what I thought. It was a gift. Oh well what can you do.
Standard forgery style.
Hello again, Thank you guys/gals again you were so helpful last night. I saw my friend today and told him about this site. He is a big Mantle collector, and had 5 signed items that I looked at. I told him I thought the first 2 were real, but that I thought the last 3 were fakes. I wanted to know what you guys/gals thought of these.
John - I agree with your analysis.
Agreed.
with the baseball i can tell the M's are bad..The real ones the M's are more wider
hey chris….are the mickey mantles from SCOREBOAED authentic????
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