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Posted By: shellyjaffe

There are so many forgeries in the market place that it would take days to list them all. Greg Marino on a good day could do over 3000 pieces. That included Ruth, Cobb, Gerhig, Foxx, Mantle, Williams ,Dimaggio just to name a few. I can tell you that one of the balls, a 1994 World Series ball with Mickey Charles Mantle and all of his stats sold for $3600 at Christy’s. He was amazing. The problem is that there where guys before Marino that flooded the market with Mantle, Dimaggio, Williams, Koufax and Mays. That was one of the reason I brought up the five hundred hr balls. They where sold by so many dealers in the country they became authentic just by the volume and the acceptance. Shop at Home sold so many forgeries that they are still being sold on EBay with there certs. It was WHO was selling this garbage that made it easy for the forgers. ABC Company would have signing with let’s say Ali. He would get five hundred pieces signed then he would call the forger and boom there where now a thousand. This happened everyday. The forgers today are going the celebrity route because no one knows what the hell there signatures look like. I will post the most common forgeries that are on eBay today and if I can answer any of your questions please email me at shellyj@cox.net