Have a question about a Mickey Mantle item.
Here we have a Litho of him, signed by him.
If you look at the "M's" there are clear start and stop points in them. It looks like a very bad attempt at his autograph.
ALSO, the COA is from "FRONT PAGE ART" Angelo Marino and signed on the COA by John Marino ALL people named in the FBI bust.
The family of forgery which was in the operation bullpen fbi bust. Can be seen here:
http://sandiego.fbi.gov/bullpen/bullpen.htm
number 2 after wayne bray:
2.
John Marino, Gloria Marino, Kathleen Marino
Assisted Forgers and Wholesalers, dba:
a.
Front Page Art
Greg Marino,
Angelo Marino
Also, when contacted the Angelo Marino that does art said this item was not one of his.
But the artist Angelo MAURO is might be the artist that need to be looked at as that person is the artist of the litho.
HOW can this not be told to the owner when they question if it's a real item as they were worried about maybe having a fake.