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Mickey Mantle signed photo?

I also bought this at auction and was not sure if real because of the COA possibly being fake. Is it real or not?

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on February 7, 2018 at 8:55am

The COA is fake and the photo is very fake as well. But you already suspected that by now.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Gammon on February 7, 2018 at 11:00am

I'm curious if this says "field of dreams" on it ? I had one like that signed in person. I can't vouch for the signature but the photo looks familiar

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 7, 2018 at 9:32pm

Zach,

If you're not experienced, it does look like a real Mantle autograph. Unfortunately, it's a well-known machine-signed Mickey Mantle forgery. The photo (not the signature) is probably inkjet printed on inkjet photo paper, which was at least 10-times more expensive than lab printed photos during Mantle's lifetime, and they didn't last long without fading.

In fact, most were printed on paper that didn't even exist when Mantle died in 1995.

The Score Board COA is a poor quality fake, but they only sold genuine autographs signed on regular lab printed photos. I spoke to the owner of the company that printed the photos for Score Board, and he said that they never sold inkjet printed photos at that time.

Very sorry. Who did you buy it from, when, and how did you pay? Maybe you can get your money back.

Steve

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on February 7, 2018 at 12:33pm

the signature and the cert are bogus.

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Permalink Reply by Zach jones on February 7, 2018 at 7:20pm

How is it fake without actually sending into a real coa company. Signature looks like all his others I’ve seen.

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Permalink Reply by goodcat on February 7, 2018 at 10:07pm

Zach

I don't think you realize where you are yet.

Some people here ARE professional authenticators while some others are VERY good at authenticating as hobbyists. This is the purpose of this forum. You can start to believe what people say now or learn later.

Mickey Mouse does not reside here

BTW... what or who is a real COA company in your opinion?

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Permalink Reply by Daniele Vicari on February 8, 2018 at 5:46am

In this forum, many users help other user free, without taking money and have no interest in saying false. Many user is very very expert of authentication signed. Other user expert of to be precise star, and if they write is fake, is fake 100%. The purpose is to help not to say what you hope for

My english is not perfect but i hope you understand what I mean.