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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 26, 2011 at 4:53am: Check out this gem....for only $495 right across the street from Yankee Stadium, not a good place for fakes when unsuspected fans opt out from buying in the Steiner Sports out let in the Stadium and buy this junk for a fraction of the price

Comment by CEE GEE on September 26, 2011 at 4:58am: Check out this other gem....for only $750 in the same store....another awesome fake and what a great price....this POS was huge....a 16x20 or bigger....I was shoked on how many fakes they had....I remember many years ago I used to go in there browsing and noticed the autos didnt look so good....now what has to be 10 or 12 years latter I step back in the store and come across all this junk....including....fake JETERS, BERRAS, RIVERAS,WILLIAMS,ARRONS...THE LIST GOES ON AND ON !!!

Comment by Steve Zarelli on September 26, 2011 at 5:41am: The "Mick in game action" type photos should always be looked at very closely. The vast majority of the time they are fake.

Comment by CJCollector on September 26, 2011 at 6:02am: That's incredible, Cee Gee. How many so-called collectors are buying that junk.

Comment by CEE GEE on September 26, 2011 at 7:42am: The wanna-bees Chris...I am going to feel safe saying 75% of there autos they were selling were junk...I posted some of the other fakes in my FORGERY FILE photo album...

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 26, 2011 at 8:01am: Cee Gee,

What is the name and address of this store? Do they have a website?

Comment by CEE GEE on September 26, 2011 at 9:14am: http://www.stanssportsworld.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=18

stans sports world...no mention of signed items on there site....

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 26, 2011 at 10:13am: Why don't you invite them here to talk about their autographs? Maybe they don't know. I think it's unlikely, but let's see what they have to say. Maybe they'll stop selling questionable material.

Comment by CEE GEE on September 26, 2011 at 11:40am: I WILL GIVE IT A SHOT

Comment by Patrick Callan on September 27, 2011 at 10:57pm: It seems (to me anyway) it is getting harder and harder to tell with Mantle sigs anymore. There are so many fakes out there it is ridiculous. I bought a Mantle ball about 10yrs ago from a guy in the card shop I have been going to for years and after seeing all the fakes on this forum and in general I just don't know anymore (lol). I will have to post a picture of it and see what all you guys think. Not for nothing I will be pissed if it is not the real deal...LOL!