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Permalink Reply by Null on May 14, 2013 at 6:21am

this is not a "Greg Marino" forgery though. Just of that era.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on May 14, 2013 at 6:44am

Right. Bear in mind that Greg Marino was only one of the forgers supplying product to the network of dealers busted in the Operation Bullpen sting. B&J Collectibles used a different forger and it is my understanding there was also Mike Lopez in Los Angeles and one in Florida.

The B&J Collectibles style Mantles may be the most prolific. I still see a ton of them today.

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Permalink Reply by GraphingMlb on May 14, 2013 at 8:32am

I think a lot of that is because they were heavily Advertised in TUFF STUFF back in the day

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Permalink Reply by John T. on May 13, 2013 at 6:33pm

Is this another operation bullpen?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/mickey-mantle-autographed-baseball-/3211238...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on May 13, 2013 at 6:37pm

It's bad. A common forgery style.

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Permalink Reply by Null on May 14, 2013 at 6:39am

Here's another Monkey Mantle, this one is listed by eBay seller all4sale732 who is a moron. $859.99 BIN LMFAO.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-Signed-Major-Leag...

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Permalink Reply by John Huston on May 14, 2013 at 10:18pm

When comparing it to mine I got at a fantasy camp years ago it is not close. 

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Permalink Reply by Null on May 15, 2013 at 5:13am

it's a hideous well known forgery.

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Permalink Reply by Null on May 15, 2013 at 12:26pm

Another example of a "Monkey Mantle" this one listed by eBay seller rhine4321 who says they "don't sell junk". LOL. Look how ugly this is, hard to see how anyone could fall for this crap:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-SIGNED-BASEBALL-BOUGHT-IN-199...

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Permalink Reply by Null on May 15, 2013 at 1:05pm

Here's another that just popped up, listed by eBay seller adblau1

As you can tell, they are very abundant. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-MICKEY-MANTLE-Autographed-Rawling...

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