Bogus 52 Mantle with big bids. What can we do???

[Brianruns10]

A third phone Mantle has turned up in a seemingly authentic PSA holder. It's a fairly good fake, but the give away is the team logo is too good...the "Yankees" script should be blotchier, the stitches on the ball are lines when they should be red ovals, and the bat is a two tone black with white center...it should be all black. That and Mantle's signature is too high...the base of the "y" should be practically touching the inner border. Absolutely confident it's a fake, and were it not for the white background on which the card was scanned, I'm sure we'd see evidence of frosting on the case.

What can we do??? I've already contacted the seller notifying him it's a forgery, and I've alerted ebay, but the bidding is already up to $12,000!

On the one hand, I gotta fault those prospective buyers for putting such blind faith in the PSA holder, and not bothering to educate themselves on the card...I was able to spot it in five seconds.

But at the end of the day, I can't bear to see anyone get taken for so much money...yet I can't contact the bidders, and only after it sells can I alert the buyer!

Maybe you all might chime in too, put the pressure on this guy to pull the auction!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-MICKEY-...item27c3f2e58d

[ALR-bishop]

On this version of the card... straight as opposed to wavy star border and black box fully around the logo... the lower left front black border should not be fully squared, so I agree with you

If you have advised ebay and the seller of your concerns, not sure what else you can do. There is a thread on this card on the CU board as well and several people there seem to be reporting it to ebay.

Edited---pulled for now