MANTLE ROOKIE CARD--help please--is this authentic

[forazzurri2axz]

..I collect mostly t206's etc have no idea how to spot if this is legit or not. Please give your exper t opinion THANKS Bill Latzko 770 873 1181

[SMPEP]

Sorry, that's a reprint.

Cheers,
Patrick

[novakjr]

Agreed. I'd say it's a reprint. If it's from the original source that I'm thinking of, the size should be wrong and it'll look like shit in hand(especially the back), since it's done with a laser printer... Also, not his rookie cards..

[forazzurri2axz]

for y'alls help bill

[Volod]

Kind of a strange presentation there: was it out of the screwdown holder for the front scan, and maybe shown against an index card for measurement purposes? Should be easy to measure if it's really that far off.

[Volod]

This one caught my eye in an eBay message. Even as a thumbnail, the unmistakeable white area along the bat in the Yankee logo was blatantly obvious. Do you guys think that specific tell is the easiest giveaway on the fakes, or is it something else, like a defect on the verso, or another printing error? Geez, with two days to go, this one has 22 bids, with a topper of 14 g's. I hate to see suckers getting fleeced, but what can you do?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-TOPPS-MICKEY-MANTLE-RC-PSA-EX-5-UP-AUCTION-NO-RESERVE-/221076771052?_trksid=p4340.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D555001%26algo%3DPW.CURRENT%26ao%3D 1%26asc%3D7%26meid%3D856639768581173493%26pid%3D10 0009%26prg%3D1004%26rk%3D1%26