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

http://s1342.beta.photobucket.com/user/fuddjcal/library/Mickey%20Ma...

AUTHENTIC EXEMPLARS-BALLS

http://s1342.beta.photobucket.com/user/fuddjcal/library/Mickey%20Ma...

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Comment by Null on May 28, 2014 at 8:09am: Jeff here is an article I wrote that will help you get familiar with the most common Mantle forgery types:

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/most-common-mantle-f...

Comment by Jeff Foglietta on May 28, 2014 at 8:24am: Yes.. I read your article BEFORE I pulled the trigger on the ball pictured above. Thanks to you I passed on it. Had I not read the article I most certainly would have made the purchase. You saved me a lot of money Ryan.. Thanks!! Great information!!!!

Comment by Jeff Foglietta on May 29, 2014 at 7:56am: Now this looks authentic.. Nice!!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Signed-Official-American-Leag...

Comment by Null on May 29, 2014 at 8:00am: authentic, but price is ridiculous and quite a bit of toning. If you're in the market for a ball I'm looking to sell this one for $350 dlvd:

Comment by Jeff Foglietta on May 29, 2014 at 2:32pm: Guys... what do you think of this one.. Fake?

Comment by Null on May 29, 2014 at 2:40pm: crap fake

Comment by Jeff Foglietta on May 29, 2014 at 2:50pm: Thanks Ryan.. I'm picking up things pretty quickly because of you and the group here. Studying all the Mantles I see now and MOST of them are fake. The thing I don't like about this one is the M's.. Especially the first one. The rest looks close. Regarding your offer. I may take you up on that but it would have to be after I move in a couple of months. It's a beautiful ball!! I will reach out to you and if you still have it when I'm ready and then we'll talk.. Thanks buddy..

Comment by Jeff Foglietta on May 30, 2014 at 6:20am: You've gotta love the balls some of these people have.. Check this crap out!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-Official-American...

Comment by Jeff Foglietta on May 30, 2014 at 6:27am: How does something like this get authenticated?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-SIGNED-BASEBALL-W-COA-and-pre...

Comment by Null on May 30, 2014 at 7:24am: Jeff the 1st one you posted is a bad fake. Here is a picture of it (please post the actual picture, not just a link so that in the future people have the pic here as a reference, not a link that no longer works)

Bad ball from your first link:

Your 2nd post is AUTHENTIC. And yes, it is authenticated by Global Authentics who got a Mantle right: