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Mickey Mantle Autograph Question

jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭✭✭
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In the thread about my uncles cards I mentioned a nice looking framed autographed picture. There is a Score Board certificate on the back. What are your opinions on the signature? Is it real?
Thank you, James

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  • StanTheManMusialStanTheManMusial Posts: 2,053 ✭
    No good.
  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,505 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No good. >>



    agreed

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    I am not even close to being a Mantle auto expert ... but as soon as I saw the first couple letters my initial reaction was NO GOOD. But PLEASE do not go by my opinion. Best of luck.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

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  • seebelowseebelow Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭
    Wow those M's look wrong. I stopped there.
    Interested in higher grade vintage cards. Aren't we all. image
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks off to me, too.


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  • GRGR Posts: 550 ✭✭
    Very poor attempt
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  • bishopbishop Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    I won this for answering a Heritage survey at a National some years back. It came with it's prior auction history, including Heritage's purchase of it for the survey raffle prize


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  • StanTheManMusialStanTheManMusial Posts: 2,053 ✭
    Bishop,

    Your Mantle autographed bat is a legit Mantle signature. Nice bat!
  • seebelowseebelow Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭
    Won't psa do a quick overall look?
    Interested in higher grade vintage cards. Aren't we all. image
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Won't psa do a quick overall look? >>



    From what I read on the PSA site the item has to be listed in an auction for them to do the quick opinion.
    James
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


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    << <i>Won't psa do a quick overall look? >>



    From what I read on the PSA site the item has to be listed in an auction for them to do the quick opinion.
    James >>


    Correct. So what people will do is list their item on eBay with an extremely high BIN (so they know it won't sell) and then pay for a quick opinion from PSA.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I give you guys a lot of credit. Im terrible at autos. I looked at the scan before I read everyones reply and I thought it looked good.
    I would never make it at PSA/DNA.

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>I would never make it at PSA/DNA. >>


    Same here ... so don't feel too bad! image
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks to everyone for the replies. I was just looking at a PSA/DNA autographed photo that BBCE has listed on Ebay. The signature is very close to the one I have here. I can't figure out how to post the picture from the Ebay listing so I will post the auction link.
    James

    Mantle Auto Listing
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Here you go:

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    James ... take a look at the "downstroke" in the first "M" of your signature. If you look at this one above and other Mantles, you will see that it is quite a bit different.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • CeciliaGuanteCeciliaGuante Posts: 94
    For those of us who aren't experts at spotting the little nuances in fake autographs, can someone point out the things that make #1 fake if #2 and #3 are known to be legitimate?


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  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If my signature was in demand, the authenticators would be screwed. My signature has different flourishes in it on a daily basis.

    Edited to add; the "y" on the bat looks off to me, but thats the good sig.

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  • CeciliaGuanteCeciliaGuante Posts: 94
    Quite a few people jumped on the auto in the original picture as being no good. Can any of them look at my comparisons and point out what they saw?
  • GRGR Posts: 550 ✭✭
    The t in mantle on the lower two loops up slightly, the top one looks like a stick figure t, and the second M has a sharp ending instead of a smooth rounded one like a flowing autograph
    Nathan Wagner
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