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Originally Posted by ullmandds
seller is adamant they are real...but is willing to take return. he's a good guy with an incredibly deep yankees/mantle collection.
I can't seem to find anything about this card anywhere?
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I am sure he thinks they are real as we’ve all picked up a fantasy piece or two accidentally along the way—I know a subject matter expert in oddball Mantle items and he lists a couple of fantasy pieces here and there. As for this one, it’s not something that was listed anywhere in the Sports Collectors Digest article on Holiday Inn items and is not included in any of the price guides, which leads to it not being real. What confirms it for me, however, is that I’ve been collecting oddball, regional, and Holiday Inn Mantle stuff for over ten years. These never popped up anywhere for the first seven years or so but, as soon as PSA started grading the premium photos they showed up in a large number on eBay. And they are all in fantastic shape.
If you’d like another opinion or two to put your mind at ease, Ben and Mike on here have phenomenal oddball collections including pretty large Holiday Inn collections and should be able to weigh in as well and confirm.