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Mickey Mantle - can anyone tell me if they think it is authentic

I am working on my dad's baseball collection and he has some amazing cards many of which are not graded. I am curious if anyone can tell if this autograph of Mickey Mantle is authentic.

I took it to a local card shop and they think it is legit but I could use some additional opinions before I consider selling on Ebay.

I was told the card is 100% authentic Topps 1966

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 16, 2018 at 6:23am

I like it. Thumbs up.

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on February 16, 2018 at 7:46am

95% for authentic. The main thing I don't like is that he missed the white sweet spot with Mickey. Rarely if ever did that. Still, leans way more towards authentic than not.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on February 16, 2018 at 8:47am

very very nice

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on February 16, 2018 at 8:52am

here is mine for comparison.

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on February 16, 2018 at 9:58am

nice Terrior. Gorgeous example. More typical than the OP. He also missed the white sweet spot on yours, this time with the Mantle.

Drops of ink at the beginning of the M's are beautiful. The OP example does not have that which I didn't like. In fact the OP's first M, doesn't meet the top or drop ink?????

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on February 16, 2018 at 10:21am

Thanks Fudd! I think the sharpie might obscure some of the normal characteristics. The flow of the OP example looks good to me, and the "ick" looks spot on. that is the area that most of the forgers screw up. Notice how he moved the Mantle over on mine to stay in the light area, but didn't need to on the OP example.