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Mantle & DiMaggio Forged Baseball With Fake Scoreboard COA: Scoreboard Did Not Use Holograms!

Over the last few months we have seen the old Scoreboard COA (and reproductions of the old Scoreboard COA) being tainted with holograms.

The holograms being attached to the Scoreboard COA is an attempt to convince autograph collectors (actually wannabe autograph collectors) that the autograph(s) they are purchasing are authentic. This, of course, is not the case.

Original Scoreboard COAs never had holograms attached to them.

Before we started seeing the Scoreboard COA with holograms, the old Scoreboard COA was being reproduced in the thousands to sell forgeries. Wannabe autograph collectors have purchased thousands upon thousands of forgeries accompanied with a original Scoreboard COA or a reproduced Scoreboard COA.

This blog will be used to expose those sellers that are selling forgeries using a Scoreboard COA (or a reproduction) with the hologram attached to it.

The first one we will show here is listed by Ebay seller vintarage.

This is a set of Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio forgeries on a baseball with a Scoreboard COA with a hologram attached to it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-JOE-DiMAGGIO-DUAL-SIGNED-BASE...

Forged Mickey Mantle baseball. Not a Scoreboard product.

These are Florida Forgeries. Whitey did not sign the piece. Both the Mantle and Ford are forgeries. Those who sell forgeries of this image always use the photo of Whitey signing that image to sell the forged Mantle/Ford image. Note the hologram. Scoreboard did not use holograms.

Look at this crap. Fake Scoreboard COA with hologram.

Here are a set of Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams forgeries. This image has been produced in the thousands by Mr. Florida. Not only are they laughable forgeries, but they aren't even hand-penned forgeries; they are copies produced on inkjet paper.

Forged Mantle/Ford photo produced out of Florida. Mr. Florida has infected the hobby with tens of thousands of forgeries.

Florida hologram on it.

Here are a set of forged set of "500 Homerun" players with a fake Scoreboard COA. As you can plainly see these are "Florida" forgeries.

Here is a Joe DiMaggio forged photo with a bogus Scoreboard COA. The idiot who applied those holograms to copied Scoreboard COAs must be a moron.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/253656484477?ViewItem=&item=253656484477

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Comment by CJCollector on March 10, 2013 at 5:45pm: Here's another EBay seller contributing to the scam.

Typical Mickey Mantle forgery.

This Mickey Mantle forgery is listed by EBay seller bb361.

This Mickey Mantle forgery is accompanied with a Scoreboard COA with a hologram. This crap is all over the place.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200905498883

Comment by Null on March 10, 2013 at 6:07pm: Honestly I think this forgery style is more prevalent than the Operation Bullpen forgeries. These are EVERYWHERE.

Comment by Null on March 13, 2013 at 2:28pm: Here is a piece of crap being sold with a "Scoreboard" COA listed by eBay seller sweet2daeyes

This forgery is not "sweet 2 the eyes" at all.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/500-home-run-club-with-all-11-autographs-mi...

Comment by Richard S. Simon on March 13, 2013 at 3:19pm: Hey you jerks in Florida - keep putting the holograms on your fake certs, then we don't even have to look at the fake crap.

Comment by Null on March 18, 2013 at 7:16am: Here is a piece of crap listed by eBay seller bill3050

These are forgeries:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360615784229?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_...

Comment by CJCollector on March 18, 2013 at 6:26pm: Here's another Ebay seller (Ebay seller barefoottraders) trying to use a Scoreboard COA with a hologram to sell a set of Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio forgeries.

EBay seller barefoottraders is the seller listing this set of Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio set of "Florida" forgeries.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Joe-Dimaggio-and-Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-...

Comment by Rick Meyer on March 18, 2013 at 6:41pm: Here are three more forgeries from barefoottraders. This idiot isnt even smart enough to see he has the same hologram sticker on COA's from three different companies. This EBAY seller wants to separate you from your hard earned money. AVOID barefoottraders unless you like to buy cheap forgeries.......if so he is your man.

Comment by Null on March 19, 2013 at 11:27am: Joe D forgery listed by eBay seller ferreeworld-us

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-DiMAGGIO-SIGNED-AUTOGRAPHED-PHOTO-THE-Y...

Comment by Null on March 20, 2013 at 8:37am: eBay seller sweet2daeyes has relisted the 500hr club forgery I posted above.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/500-home-run-club-with-all-11-autographs-mi...