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Old 05-23-2011, 04:49 PM
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Steve Zarelli
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It is almost certainly a forgery and a common forge style seen on eBay in the past.

There are a number of issues with it, but the almost perfectly vertical strokes in the loop under the Ms is a dead giveaway.

Here is an image from the Operation Bullpen book site. You can see the similarities in the strokes of the M:



And, if it came through Angelo Marino... that in and of itself is enough to be certain it is a fake.

Sorry.
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