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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on August 27, 2017 at 9:27pm

It's not a banana Mantle, but I don't think it's authentic at all. Chris or Terrier will be along shortly to identify which forgery this one is.

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Permalink Reply by Big Bad John on August 28, 2017 at 6:16am

I think it's authentic.

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on August 28, 2017 at 1:58pm

It's a Beaut!,You can see so many strokes in this sig it's a good one to study. The first M moon starts perfectly placed on the white of  Uniform. Forgers don't and can't do that. Mickey can! Then, that slight curved up shaped "c" that a forger can never get right) and backing the pen out, which you don't get to see often. Tip of the k aligning with the tip of the y is PERFECT.

M in Mantle dropped ink and shows a beautiful natural "check mark like" interaction with the a. Put the rest together and I think it's a 9 or 10 signature. On the FUDD SCALE of 1-10. I'm no Terrior or Chris but I did used to be the Lowly Mantle Collector at one time...

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 29, 2017 at 9:50am

As Fudd so eloquently stated (and Chris too) this Mantle is definitely authentic

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on August 28, 2017 at 6:13pm

Very authentic for sure.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on August 28, 2017 at 7:24pm

And the line looked so shaky in spots to me for MM. Non-matching "M"s, first "M" looked spot on to me, the second one nothing like the first. More of an "L" rather than a "c". Extra strokes. The wide "y".  I'm puzzled as to why I'm puzzled by MMs, I just seem to have no feel for his vibe.

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Permalink Reply by B Vinchesi on August 28, 2017 at 8:36pm

It's probably because this one wasn't signed with a felt tip market. It's a much finer autograph.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on August 29, 2017 at 4:10pm

Got it. Any natural tremors that disappear into the wider swath stand out when signed with the finer tip. Even MM, who I thought had a very steady hand going by seeing so many marker type signatures. 

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