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More Thurman Munson signature fun

Since the last Thurman Munson signed photo created such interesting debate, I"m curious as to thoughts on this 1979 signed Thurman Munson Topps card.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on December 19, 2014 at 1:11pm

I don't like it ( the 79 card) and I am trying to find another Munson signature I came across a while back, that shows the exact same slant, letter formation, and that strange end to the Munson. That convinced me that this was not authentic, or at least, highly questionable.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on December 19, 2014 at 1:13pm

Here is another one that PSA passed. what do you think? 1971

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Permalink Reply by LymanBostock Fan on December 19, 2014 at 1:40pm

Definitely not real. Another PSA/DNA blunder.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on December 19, 2014 at 1:18pm

found it!!!

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Permalink Reply by LymanBostock Fan on December 19, 2014 at 1:49pm

I know present to you the Munson forgeries, all created by an Ohio dealer.

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Permalink Reply by Null on December 19, 2014 at 1:57pm

you are just referring to the Munson in this multi-card scan right? The Mantle/DiMaggio look fine IMO...

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on December 19, 2014 at 2:20pm

the mantle, dimaggio and Maris are good

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Permalink Reply by LymanBostock Fan on December 19, 2014 at 10:48pm

Yes, I was just referring to the Munson. If I recall, that particular scan was from an Auction house (can't remember which it was). The consigner probably bought the bad Munson from this Ohio dealer and then presumably the Auction house probably grouped the lot from the consigner, including the good signatures.

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Permalink Reply by JBS on December 19, 2014 at 10:31pm

Is this from the dealer that sets up at shows and has tubs full of signed baseballs that were used in little league practice? Also binders and binders of signed cards. I remember years ago I found on one of his ebay id's that he was buying buckets of used baseballs on ebay. And what was he selling at shows? Tubs of signed baseballs on the worst used baseballs in the world lol

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Permalink Reply by LymanBostock Fan on December 19, 2014 at 10:51pm

I don't live in the Ohio area or even attend many shows any more, so I can't comment on that. (Not sure if this dealer sets up at big shows.) All I will say is that a number of these originated on E-bay from one particular seller who claimed to have gotten them in person, although others surfaced through other channels and I later found the scans on various auction house websites. This, of course, suggests the dealer also had another distribution method other than E-bay as I used to watch this dealer very closely and am sure that not all originated through E-bay.