Mantle opinion

[Hollifield23]

I'm no expert. A friend is wanting to move this. He bought it from a church member who claims to have gotten it in person. Your thoughts?

[ullmandds]

A "church" member huh?! That's a new one! You may want to post this on the autograph side.

[T205 GB]

wrong section

[Hollifield23]

Sorry, guys! Will re post to autograph forum.

[Donald C. Miller]

Originally Posted by Hollifield23

Sorry, guys! Will re post to autograph forum.

Is this for sale? If so how much? Thanks

Don Miller email rellim@abe.midco.net

[ATP]

I do not think this one is authentic. The baseline looks really off, along with a few other things. It however is different than most of the non authentic ones we see. The ey is very different in the angle.

[joed25]

One of the better fakes I have seen but still fake IMO.

[Mr. Zipper]

Looking at known authentic Mantle baseballs, the overwhelming majority of the time you'll see a nicely centered signature that fits entirely on the sweet spot.

On this example, note how the signature is not centered and wraps significantly around the side.

[dapro]

I owned couple mantle balls and this one just looks off to me.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

A "church" member huh?! That's a new one! You may want to post this on the autograph side.

This is the "autograph side."

That Mantle is as ugly a forgery as there is.

[mr2686]

My thoughts? I think the church member needs to go to confession!