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Mantle Autographed Photo Authentic?

I picked this up about 10 years ago and after looking at a post on here, I now feel that this isn't a legit Mantle signature. Can some of the Mantle experts give me their opinion?

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Mike P on January 18, 2014 at 7:39pm

Not authentic in my opinion.  Bad forgery

Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on January 18, 2014 at 8:10pm
Common fake style. Sorry.
Permalink Reply by Null on January 18, 2014 at 8:23pm
Not authentic unfortunately
Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on January 18, 2014 at 8:24pm

Totally fake, dude. Sorry. 

Permalink Reply by BC on January 18, 2014 at 8:29pm

Thank you, I appreciate everyone's input on it. At least now I know so I can shred it.

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on January 19, 2014 at 5:30am

join the club, BC. we have all shredded our share.

Permalink Reply by BC on January 18, 2014 at 8:46pm

How does this ball look? I got it as a gift about 1 week before his death. It has a UDA Cert, but I just want to make sure. Unfortunately, the color of the ball isn't as white as it was when it was new.

Permalink Reply by Null on January 18, 2014 at 8:49pm
Authentic
Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on January 18, 2014 at 8:50pm

Some parts seem off to me, looking at it more, it can be a sloppy authentic example, but I don't like it. Definitely not something I'd add to my collection. 

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on January 19, 2014 at 5:30am

authentic

Permalink Reply by Randy on January 19, 2014 at 2:54pm

Authentic.

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 19, 2014 at 1:02pm

Your photo is an early machine-signed forgery. Probably printed on an inkjet printer photo, which didn't exist when Mantle was alive. Look at the edges of the photo under magnification, or scan in high resolution, and if there are margins you'll probably see the photo end in lots of tiny dots instead of smoothly like lab photos are printed.

Sorry for the bad news.

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