Authentic Mantle??? JSA??

[shelly]

I think this is a bad Mantle. A really bad Mantle.
What do you think?
It has a JSA cert and is on ebay now.
No gotcha here, just what do you think?

[39special]

If it has a JSA cert.,it has to be real!

[scmavl]

You obviously have a better eye than me, Shelly. I don't think it's all that bad. I see a couple of "off" things in it, but it just looks like a more unstable (and not perfectly spaced) signature. I do not know his inscription style though, so I'm not taking that into the equation at all.

I've been wrong before.

Often.

[toyman55]

Originally Posted by shelly

I think this is a bad Mantle. A really bad Mantle.
What do you think?
It has a JSA cert and is on ebay now.
No gotcha here, just what do you think?

I am no expert but the i in Mickey doesn't seem right, but, the rest looks ok so maybe he coughed or had a twitch.

[mr2686]

I think it's the "I" that makes it look off. Other than that, including the inscription, I think it looks pretty good.

[shelly]

I just don't like the I pluse the spaceing and size of a to n the number five is wrong as well.
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[mr2686]

Originally Posted by shelly

I just don't like the I pluse the spaceing and size of a to n the number five is wrong as well.
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Shelly, Mantle had two different types of 5's that he used...one where the bottom loop comes up and then across (like your second one) and one like the first which is more traditional. Johnny Podres did the same thing with his inscription of 1955 often times.

[toyman55]

I think this one might be real to!!! Now this is fugly. But he got it in person, the mick must have been drunk and stoned.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTL...item232bc3e05f

[dapro]

Originally Posted by toyman55

I think this one might be real to!!! Now this is fugly. But he got it in person, the mick must have been drunk and stoned.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTL...item232bc3e05f

That one does look ugly.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by toyman55

I think this one might be real to!!! Now this is fugly. But he got it in person, the mick must have been drunk and stoned.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTL...item232bc3e05f

You're kidding, right?

"The Record was signed at a baseball card show in the early 80's"

LOL

[shelly]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Shelly, Mantle had two different types of 5's that he used...one where the bottom loop comes up and then across (like your second one) and one like the first which is more traditional. Johnny Podres did the same thing with his inscription of 1955 often times.

When did he change the way he signed his number? I have seen Mickey sign in front of me over 5 thousand times. I never saw and I like that or the small a to the n like that ever. I am sure because the consigner got it in person it is authentic. Like so many other items we have seen. I would not touch it and that is my thoughts right or wrong.
Like I said this is why where here. I will donate to anyone on this site a hundred dollars to any charity if they can show me another ball with an I pointed west. That is a ball that is authentic. I am really sorry but I just feel that this is not an item I would buy no matter who thought is was authentic.
If I had not said it was authenticated by God. How many of you would have said it is good and why? I told you what I thought you tell me why it is good.

[Runscott]

Wow.

Shelly - thanks for starting this thread. I don't know if it was your intention, but you drew out a post that verified my thoughts on what a total pile of crap this hobby has turned into.

Every man for himself.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by shelly

When did he change the way he signed his number? I have seen Mickey sign in front of me over 5 thousand times. I never saw and I like that or the small a to the n like that ever. I am sure because the consigner got it in person it is authentic. Like so many other items we have seen. I would not touch it and that is my thoughts right or wrong.
Like I said this is why where here. I will donate to anyone on this site a hundred dollars to any charity if they can show me another ball with an I pointed west. That is a ball that is authentic. I am really sorry but I just feel that this is not an item I would buy no matter who thought is was authentic.
If I had not said it was authenticated by God. How many of you would have said it is good and why? I told you what I thought you tell me why it is good.

Shelly, I don't know for sure if he ever had a period in time where he changed one way or another on the way he made his 5's, but I do know that he used two and they could have been interchangable. As far as seeing him sign in front of you 5000 times, that really doesn't mean anything since he would probably sign several hundred to a thousand at a show so we're only talking about a handfull of individual times. His signing habits could be slightly altered depending on the day...and he signed on a s**t load of days.
As for not wanting to touch this one, I would agree with you even though I think it's authentic. Unless you see it signed in front of you, it's never a slam dunk so why would anyone want one that makes you have any kind of doubt?

[Big Six]

I'm thinking this is a legit Mantle but the crappy construction of the M and i in Mickey would keep me from wanting to spend any money on it...the inscription looks representative of what few 536 HR inscriptions I've seen, fwiw...

[Mr. Zipper]

Looks somewhat sloppy, but real to me. If its a fake, there is a lot the forger got right and it's far superior to the typical fakes we see.

[HOFAUTOS]

Looks 100% authentic to me

[thetruthisoutthere]

Definitely authentic.