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Cubfanbudman79
06-20-2014, 08:30 PM
Have an opportunity to pick these pieces up and am wondering if anyone is familiar with this sort of thing if real or not
This is a contract signed by Mantle and his father in 1949
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This a letter he wrote to his wife signed on the back Love Mick

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philliesphan
06-20-2014, 11:01 PM
If that contract is real, it would be worth a fortune. I am quite sure a number of reproductions of that contract have circulated in the market. I do not think the one you've pictured is the original.

The contract sold in 2003 at Guernesey's, I believe.
the 'stache
06-21-2014, 12:25 AM
I wouldn't consider buying something like that without airtight provenance.
Bestdj777
06-21-2014, 05:44 AM
I agree with Bill. I'd consider posting this in the autograph side as someone there may be familiar with the history of the one that sold at auction.
Cubfanbudman79
06-21-2014, 08:07 AM
If that contract is real, it would be worth a fortune. I am quite sure a number of reproductions of that contract have circulated in the market. I do not think the one you've pictured is the original.

The contract sold in 2003 at Guernesey's, I believe.


This is the kind of info I was looking for. many thanks!


He told me last night his dad bought a ton of cases of books at an estate sale in 1968 and inside the books were these papers inside of rice paper. I'm going to lean towards he's a story teller then