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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 CEE GEE on September 22, 2011 at 4:23am: THAT CRUMBY FORGERY GETS AROUND

Comment by CEE GEE on September 22, 2011 at 4:27am: ANOTHER BALL THAT NEEDS TO BE ROLLED INTO THE SEWER

Comment by CJCollector on September 22, 2011 at 11:15am: Another Mickey Mantle forgery. COA from "Stan The Man Sports (Operation Bullpen).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autograped-American-league-ba...

Comment by CEE GEE on September 22, 2011 at 12:13pm: oh god that is HIDEOUS !!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Steve Zarelli on September 22, 2011 at 4:11pm: That is hilarious. Hard to believe it could fool anyone.

Stans Sports was another distributor of Marino forged goods. But I can't believe this was a Marino forgery. It looks like a DIY forge job.

Comment by CJCollector on September 22, 2011 at 4:19pm: That is definitely not a Marino forgery, but I have seen that forgery many times.

Comment by Rick Meyer on September 22, 2011 at 7:35pm: Been awhile since I've looked but looks like the junk is coming back in bunches. EBAY seller: theduder even advertises Burczyck and STAT in his titles. Just misspells their name.

A shut down company I know that the other auction site gets stuff from B & J Collectibles also is represented with COA's on EBAY. These are dated from 2002. Hadn't seen their COA used in a while.

Comment by CEE GEE on September 23, 2011 at 4:13am: Madison Sports certs. are another fraudulent company people should stay away from...nothing but junk!!

Comment by Fuddjcal on September 24, 2011 at 10:32am: agreed. When you see that giant Eagle on the COA, you know it's fake...RUN FOR THE HILLS!

Is it "Madison Sports" or "Howard's Collectibles" we are talking about with the 'Eagle" or were they 1 in the same?

It's almost like looking at a Drew Max AAU or a Christopher MoralLess Mickey Mantle bearing their stickers.... You know it's fake, then you can take a closer look knowing that 999 out of 1000 are fake and that's being generous using the "Broken Clock" analogy. Unless you're JSA and you just fail it on principal with-out even looking (LOL)

Comment by CEE GEE on September 26, 2011 at 4:51am: whats up fuddjcal...not sure about the logo but I will check into it and get back to you....Iam thinking Howards Collectibles may have the eagle and Madison has there logo in a circle..

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