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Semitar6
05-04-2012, 02:05 PM
A freind of mine sent me this picture of the Dan Dee Mantle card and wanted to know if it was worth bidding on at a auction. The scans arent great and the card is encased in plastic but what do you guys think. I'm not by any means a expert so I brought it here...thanks..
It is definitely not real. The coloring in Mantle's face
is all wrong -- you should not see those reddish hues.
Oh, and you asked about this recently...
Remember? (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=150324&highlight=dan+dee+mantle]) :D
edit: my bad -- I see that's a different card, although it looks
very similar.
Here's another real one -- notice the coloring...
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/cw2112/top-20-cards/3843/1954-dan-dee-mickey-mantle
steve B
05-05-2012, 03:35 PM
Actually it is the same card. Same poor pics as the second ones from the auction house.
And still probably fake.
If it's dirt cheap and you can look at it in person and it doesn't look like it was done on a home printer it might be worth taking a $10-20 risk. Same odds as a scratch ticket.
But the color being way off and the only pics being through 2 layers of plastic aren't a good sign. If it's usually a high end auction, they should be able to provide a decent picture or a high res scan. The technology really isn't expensive or difficult to operate.
Steve B
Semitar6
05-06-2012, 03:34 AM
Well its definitely not a high end auction...but thanks for the input.
One other thing to look for on these cards is the small perforations on the edges. These will be more noticeable on some cards than others, but almost every real Dan Dee has a couple perforations on an edge or two. Notice the two small perforations on both the top and bottom edge of this Dan Dee Mantle....
http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/images_items/Item_22294_1.jpg