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Can you help validate my Micky Mantle autograph?

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Permalink Reply by Monica Fletcher on November 9, 2023 at 4:59pm

My friends father passed, she sold me his collection. There was some memorabilia, relic cards and football cards as well as some sport coins.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 9, 2023 at 5:02pm

A tricky situation.

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Permalink Reply by Monica Fletcher on November 9, 2023 at 5:09pm

Yes it is, he was a true collector it’s hard to imagine he didn’t authenticate all his big ticket purchases.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 9, 2023 at 5:15pm

I don't know how he mistook these for authentic signatures I am sorry to say.

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Permalink Reply by Monica Fletcher on November 9, 2023 at 5:19pm

Me either, I’m hoping to at least make my money back… I was helping out my friend when I purchased them.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 9, 2023 at 5:18pm

Perhaps he bought some knowing they were copies. They’ve been around for a long time. The mantle sign card in that kind of quality is roughly a $20,000 plus card today. That’s authenticated and graded by PSA, Beckett, or SGC. What did you pay for it?

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Permalink Reply by Monica Fletcher on November 9, 2023 at 5:25pm

I did not purchase the card individually, I purchased a gentleman’s whole collection of sports memorabilia from his daughter when he passed. She needed help and the collection was so organized you could tell that he really enjoyed his collection. My thought was, I would be able to make my money back in no time…. little did I know.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 9, 2023 at 6:15pm

If you want, we can help you figure things out. To start, would it make sense to post a list of what you have?

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Permalink Reply by Monica Fletcher on November 9, 2023 at 8:40pm

I started cataloging them already, unfortunately someone broke into my car and stoled some of the cards and a couple more boxes came up missing when I was moving the cards so my list is worthless now.