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calling all mantle and williams experts

I posted this a little while back but people commented that they needed better pics. Below are the best pics I can take of this item. Do you think all of the sigs are authentic or are some/all fake? Thanks for your help!

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Permalink Reply by Sean C. on November 2, 2014 at 12:20pm

Mantle actually looks good to me. There are a few others here, like terrier, that can say for sure though.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Poulos on November 2, 2014 at 12:24pm

That Mays and especially the Frank Robinson look off. I would be in utter shock if that Mantle was real, because honestly there are a few on here that don't look right. I await the experts to chime in on the Mantle/Williams. The Killebrew looked good IMO, but that Frank Robinson just isn't right. I don't know what to think now.

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Permalink Reply by Sean C. on November 2, 2014 at 12:35pm

There's a good chance someone got a few legit autos on this poster, and then some forger decided to add some of his own penmanship to increase its 'value'.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Poulos on November 2, 2014 at 12:35pm

Here is a Mays and Robinson from that same style poster, except the photos below are from a PSA/DNA authenticated poster. Note the differences.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Poulos on November 2, 2014 at 12:45pm

Sean, that is possible...but I see several of these signatures that look off to me. I am not going to comment on Mantle and Williams. I am horrible at authenticating Williams and I only know certain styles of Mantle forgeries....so by no stretch of the means am I an expert on those 2 guys, but there are several other autographs that look awkward. I would venture to say that is the Mays is bad....so is the Mantle and Williams.................BUT WHO KNOWS =d

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Permalink Reply by Sean C. on November 2, 2014 at 12:57pm

Yeah I'm with you. Except I'm opposite, and can only pride myself in spotting a fake mantle. I'm clueless on the other guys. But even so, I can't say with 100% certainty it's not a fake.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 2, 2014 at 1:44pm

I can't really make out the details of the letter formation in the williams but the baseline is uncharacteristically off. the Mccovey, Mays, Jackson and Aaron are off. The Schmidt is missing a letter. I would deem this entire poster a forgery.