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theshleps
05-15-2018, 11:16 AM
Trying to get rid of all the wife/sister/secretarial signed mays. Any chance any of you think any of these are OK as they were not all done by the same person. Thanks
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39special
05-15-2018, 04:37 PM
The Baseball Thrills Mays looks like it is wife signed.
theshleps
05-16-2018, 09:30 AM
Should I just rip them all up or is there a chance any are real?
Sophiedog
05-16-2018, 09:43 AM
I would hold on to them. Occasionally you will see them graded.
shelly
05-17-2018, 08:29 AM
How did you get so many bad Mays?
theshleps
05-17-2018, 09:29 AM
That is a good question. Bought collections of folks who did TTM. have a lot of good ones too including some vintage signatures. You'll see when you visit:)
Sophiedog
05-17-2018, 03:06 PM
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Topps-18-Willie-Mays-PSA-Beckett-FULL-LOA-Mickey-Mantle-Signed-/173311232576?item=173311232576&ViewItem=&nma=true&si=EtoC%252BM8sCqoaebAF%252FAOt%252BsZ081g%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Is this a Mays wife signed? It has a Beckett COA.
Sophiedog
05-17-2018, 03:08 PM
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Topps-18-Willie-Mays-PSA-Beckett-FULL-LOA-Mickey-Mantle-Signed-/173311232576?item=173311232576&ViewItem=&nma=true&si=EtoC%252BM8sCqoaebAF%252FAOt%252BsZ081g%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Is this a Mays wife signed? It has a Beckett COA.

my mistake...just saw they only authenticated the Mantle
39special
05-17-2018, 03:26 PM
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Topps-18-Willie-Mays-PSA-Beckett-FULL-LOA-Mickey-Mantle-Signed-/173311232576?item=173311232576&ViewItem=&nma=true&si=EtoC%252BM8sCqoaebAF%252FAOt%252BsZ081g%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Is this a Mays wife signed? It has a Beckett COA.

my mistake...just saw they only authenticated the Mantle

I have an index card that looks just like that.I was told it was wife signed.
I got it TTM in the '80's
earlywynnfan
05-18-2018, 03:51 PM
I would hold on to them. Occasionally you will see them graded.

Am I misunderstanding you? I'm reading this as "They may not be good, but you can probably get them by some authenticators." Please tell me I'm wrong!!
theshleps
05-18-2018, 04:37 PM
I don't think you directed that to me. I wouldn't try to slip one by with the intention to then sell
earlywynnfan
05-18-2018, 06:10 PM
I don't think you directed that to me. I wouldn't try to slip one by with the intention to then sell

No, sophiedog
Fuddjcal
05-19-2018, 09:35 AM
Wow, not one real "Fleece Mop" in the entire bunch...sorry
mainemule
05-19-2018, 10:55 AM
I too received a Mays TTM in the 1980s. Always thought it real......

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/mainemule/HOF%203x5%20Autographs/Mays.jpg

Submitted to PSA many years ago when I was not so versed in things and it came back "? authenticity"
SetBuilder
05-25-2018, 09:24 PM
Should I just rip them all up or is there a chance any are real?

Why would you destroy them? :confused:
theshleps
05-26-2018, 08:48 AM
I'd probably sell them as a lot SPECIFYING they are secretarial. I just hate having fake stuff around. Sold a few fake vintage signed cards (real card, ghost signed) as such. Didn't get much but wanted them out of the house.
39special
05-26-2018, 10:39 AM
I'd probably sell them as a lot SPECIFYING they are secretarial. I just hate having fake stuff around. Sold a few fake vintage signed cards (real card, ghost signed) as such. Didn't get much but wanted them out of the house.

If you sell them,and they get into the wrong hands,they could be sold to someone that doesn't know any better as the real deal.
Aquarian Sports Cards
05-26-2018, 10:48 AM
I throw away unauthentic autographs regularly. if they're consignments I give the consignor the option of having them returned or destroyed. It's one of the little things I can do to help out in the hobby.
theshleps
05-26-2018, 04:45 PM
anyone think any of those are real? otherwise I will take Scott and Steves advice and rip them up. I have one more I may post later that prob fits the same category but on a 1961 topps stamp.
Exhibitman
05-27-2018, 09:07 AM
How about this one?

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/miscellaneous5/websize/1973%20Mays%20team%20issue_1.jpg
SetBuilder
05-27-2018, 04:33 PM
I throw away unauthentic autographs regularly. if they're consignments I give the consignor the option of having them returned or destroyed. It's one of the little things I can do to help out in the hobby.

That's such a waste of a Willie Mays card. You can just take a stamp that says "FORGERY" or something similar and stamp it across the back. Even better if you use invisible ink that an authentication company can see if anyone tries to send it in.

That's what the major auction houses do when they sell items like this.
SetBuilder
05-27-2018, 04:39 PM
anyone think any of those are real? otherwise I will take Scott and Steves advice and rip them up. I have one more I may post later that prob fits the same category but on a 1961 topps stamp.

No, don't kill them! The signature is part of the card's history, however dubious it is. Stamp them with a visible marking and save them as references.

Think ahead. Someone 100+ years from now will definitely find it interesting and want it for their collection. A future collector who hasn't been born yet will thank you.