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Cheap Mickey Mantle Autographs

Just came across these on eBay. He has three photos signed by the mick. All seem to be a super reasonable price.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=201215...

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Permalink Reply by Null on November 10, 2014 at 9:35am

These are nice and all authentic. I will post them in the "Great Sports Deal" thread I made. Good find!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on November 10, 2014 at 9:37am

What worries me is that this guy seems to have sold 20+ Mantles at great prices.

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Permalink Reply by Null on November 10, 2014 at 9:43am

I did notice Christopher has posted about a "Banana Mantle" forgery they sold before, but they have only sold that and 1 signed Mantle book in the past 6 months...

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-seller-football...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on November 10, 2014 at 11:28am

I am 99% sure this seller has sold many more Mantles than that. For some reason, I cant access their feedback.

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Permalink Reply by Null on November 10, 2014 at 11:36am

They have sold a bunch of Mantles, but they were so long ago that the link to the auctions aren't available anymore.

I don't have a problem with any of these. The rookie pose and this one even have appropriate "darkening" of the blue sharpie on certain spots which shows its true age. Very nice pickup Mr. Zipper, I would not even have the slightest hesitation purchasing either of these.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autograph-8-X-10-no-coa-nrmin...

The 3rd one is also authentic IMO, but if you were skeptical I would choose this one last just because the ink looks "newer", but if this is a forgery it's the best one I've ever seen and we are all screwed... Here's a couple no doubt authentics to compare:

Football Amy's item:

No doubt 100% authentics:

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on November 10, 2014 at 11:47am

I don't have any concerns about any of the current offerings. You'll also notice the back photo marking and logo in the lower left are consistent with photos available in the 80s and early 90s.

Most modern fakes have blank backs and no MLB logo on the front so they can't be dated.

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Permalink Reply by Null on November 10, 2014 at 11:53am

Agreed, I noticed that as well.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Poulos on November 10, 2014 at 10:09am

so are these possibly fake?

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Permalink Reply by Jason Poulos on November 10, 2014 at 11:04am

If these are real I'd like to pick one up.

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Permalink Reply by Sean C. on November 10, 2014 at 11:26am

They are authentic...the problem is that he has sold a forgery in the past

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on November 10, 2014 at 11:31am

Looking back at recent sales, everything looked legit in my opinion. It's quite possible they unintentionally sold a bad item in the past... you'd be hard pressed to find a dealer who hasn't made a mistake before. Looking at the current offerings, they appear to be above board.