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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 3, 2012 at 3:48am

Again, another horrific Mantle forgery.  Notice where the "Mantle" part of the forgery goes off the white of of the photo.  "The Mick" would have made certain his entire autograph was in the white. 

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Permalink Reply by John Strickland on July 3, 2012 at 6:12pm

Yeah this is one of the worst.

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Permalink Reply by James Wymer on July 3, 2012 at 10:36pm

I thought that too Chris. I think they like dark photos to hide the problems. I see it a lot with Ted Williams.

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Permalink Reply by CEE GEE on July 4, 2012 at 5:02am

Yes James...sorry but this a not authentic...

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on July 4, 2012 at 9:24am

The dealer who was selling this was preaching his virtues of being a dealer since 1990, but still can't tell Mickey Mantle from a Fire Place Mantle. " Totally Authentic" in the heading of the listing is a tip off that it's a fake (LOL)

Probably better than your standard forgery. The pose is one I have NEVER seen. I would just steer clear of it....In fact, E-bay has made sure everyone will steer clear of it. It will be on Auction ZIP in a matter of days I'm sure.

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Permalink Reply by James Wymer on July 4, 2012 at 1:19pm

I personally believed that it was fake, but I wanted to defer to more experienced individuals. I was hoping to get it pulled from ebay. Thanks everyone! Thanks to all of you I will not be in the market to either purchase or sell autos that look like that.

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Permalink Reply by James Wymer on July 4, 2012 at 1:20pm

This item is no longer available that is exciting.

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