Ted Taylor/TTA Mantle Baseball
 

This is the link to the item, and below that is the Mantle ball itself. And people wonder why we are outraged. The below Mantle is a "TTA" certed baseball. "TTA" was formed this past summer after Taylor and Stevens (Stat Authentic) went their separate ways, which means that the below Mantle signed baseball was only recently certed by Taylor.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mickey-Mantle-Au...item43a2870a3a

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Come on, the EXPERTS have looked at that garbage. It MUST be good..ha.

I can see the fake autograph (from 10 feet away) but can't make out the very official looking hologram. What is the logo on that Hologram... a Cockroach perhaps?

Looks like it was signed "MILKEY" Mantle.

I though Ted was alone. Why is he going plural?

It sure is a nice looking cert. Too bad it tells us what we need to know. That Ted liked it so it must be...

Larry

Is there anyone in this hobby who has been around longer with a worse reputation than Ted Taylor?

I remember reading his columns in SCD 30+ years ago. Then all of a sudden between his years at Fleer, Scoreboard, CC, and now his own firm, what's left for him to ruin?

Ask any candy wholesalers about the written guarantees they received from him at Fleer. I assume most were used in their bathrooms at some point. I know of some cases of "guaranteed product was shipped back with permission and no refund or credit ever came>