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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 Steve Zarelli on July 20, 2011 at 1:38pm: Where did you get that image?!? lol

I did that almost 10 years ago and hosted it on my old site. I really don't like it now and don't feel it's as accurate as it should be.

Comment by CEE GEE on July 20, 2011 at 1:45pm: i think i got it off of google some time back searching for mantle fakes and i think that image came up...i always felt it was a great guide for the buyers out there that need to educate themselves and stop feeding the thieves with there hard earned cash...i would like to thank you for putting this up whenever you did as i have shared this info with a lot of buyers looking to purchase one of the holy grail's of baseball autos if not in all sports period...GOD I LOVE THIS SITE !!!!!!!

Comment by Steve Zarelli on July 20, 2011 at 1:51pm: I'm not confident it's really accuarte anymore and I know a lot more now than I did when I did this 10 years ago. Not sure I agree with the high K. And some real Mantles do have the stretched out "tle." I just wouldn't want anyone to place too much weight on it.

Although, it is a good example of a Marino Mantle forgery. Ahhhhh... my first Mantle fake courtesy of B&Js Collectibles. The memories....

lol

Comment by Rick Meyer on July 20, 2011 at 4:01pm: B&J Collectibles is where a ton of the other auctions site comes from. He is buying it from their left over inventory. sent me an envelope hr received stuff in and taped over where it came from. Can read it clearly through the tape. To cheap to buy envelopes that they reuse them. LOL. Funny.

Comment by CEE GEE on July 25, 2011 at 8:53am: another great example of a AUTHENTIC mantle out there at auction currently...also some other yankee autos including a really clean whitey ford

Comment by CEE GEE on July 25, 2011 at 9:14am: the example below and 2 more superb authentic MANTLE'S to compare to

Comment by Fuddjcal on July 27, 2011 at 10:49am: some great Authentic Mantle's there CEE GEE. I think many collectors are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel?

Comment by CEE GEE on July 27, 2011 at 11:36am: I hope so Fuddjcal...we can only hope so...feel free to check out my latest forum I just posted to help other Mantle fans on what to look for on how to educate themselves on an authentic Mantle from his career changing style's in his autographs.... one of the holy grail autos of baseball

Comment by Steve Zarelli on August 1, 2011 at 7:06am: For reference, here is another B&J Collectibles forgery currently on eBay. I'm starting to wonder of these are Marinos or another forger.

Useless COA.

Comment by CEE GEE on August 1, 2011 at 7:15am: Thats an awesome piece right there zip...forgeries are infesting the auction market 9 out of 10 on the Mantles easy...

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