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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

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 Steve Zarelli on September 6, 2011 at 1:06pm: Very slowly drawn. I think it would be obvious in hand or in a larger scan.

You are correct though... the formation is better than the typical GAI drek.

Comment by CJCollector on September 6, 2011 at 1:26pm: Yep, all part of "The Mike Baker Collection."

Comment by CJCollector on September 18, 2011 at 7:22am: Another piece of crap Mantle. Seller claims the COA is from "Field Of Dreams."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=12078118...

Comment by CJCollector on September 18, 2011 at 7:46am: This a Mantle forgery on a baseball cap.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPHED-NEW-YORK-YANKEES-...

Comment by CEE GEE on September 18, 2011 at 8:14am: More saturated FORGERIES...good work Chris...if we all picked out fakes and posted them on here daily it just might crash the autograph magazine live computer server.... LOL..sad but true

Comment by CJCollector on September 18, 2011 at 8:21am: Unfortunately, garbage like this continues to make the rounds.

Comment by Rick Meyer on September 18, 2011 at 9:13pm: The hats are awesome. I saw a dealer that had a box of 100 of those as well as another box of hundred with No 7 inscribed. None had COA's when I saw them. Looked just like this one. Had some Dimaggio's too.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 18, 2011 at 9:47pm: @Cee Gee:

More saturated FORGERIES...good work Chris...if we all picked out fakes and posted them on here daily it just might crash the autograph magazine live computer server.... LOL..sad but true

Post all the fakes you want...don't worry about crashing the server.

Comment by CEE GEE on September 19, 2011 at 4:53am: Hey Steve...I like everyone else loves posting fakes on here no question....just making the point that there's so much junk out there in the 100s of thousands...I am sure there will be no crashing going on...

Comment by CJCollector on September 21, 2011 at 3:01pm: Another Mickey Mantle forgery on a hat being sold on Ebay by one of those "ISoldit" stores. COA from "Madison Sports."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPHED-BASEBALL-CAP-HAT-...