Is it scored? If so, who is the visiting team?
The Mantle autograph looks a little off from his early version but depending on the time frame could be authentic IMO.
I lean likely not authentic but it is worth further investigation.
I am familiar with Mantle's early autograph but certainly not an expert on it. I compared this one with a few exemplars I found online and it is certainly not a match but if it was signed in 1949 versus 1951, there could be some variation.
If one of Mantle's early minor league teams played in the Texas League then I would say it has a better chance since he would have likely been in Dallas for a game or two early in his career and might have signed the cover. He would not have been a well known player in that time frame. I do not recognize the other autographs on the cover so they likely never made it to the show.
I will try to do a little more investigation into the teams he played for in 1949/50 versus teams in this league.
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