Is this 52 Mantle good?

[RCMcKenzie]

Hey, y'all, I'm mostly a pre-WW1 collector, but always wanted a beater (cheap) 52 Topps Mantle. I know they are taking off in price, but this still may be too much for this card in this condition. Is it real? Thanks in advance...Rob
www.ebay.com/itm/301756380832

[Brianruns10]

Nope. Stay far, far away. I've studied fake mantles, and this one fits that criteria. The give away is the base of the Y in Mickey's signature. On ALL authentic examples, it should practically touch the inner border of the signature box. On fake examples like this, there is a large space between. It's bad, bad.

[pawpawdiv9]

Definte fake to me. The rounded corners is a dead giveaway, to not showing the t-bar across the top black borders. Also, the brown overlay at the bottom right is not visible.
Clearly this card was drug thru the age process to make it look old and hide stuff.
BTW, its GFA authenticating LOA. If thats a clue, why someone spend money not to send it to PSA/SGC

[pokerplyr80]

I would stay away as well. This one is clearly a fake. I believe a real 52 Mantle in similar condition would be in the 3500-4k range on ebay. I would spend the extra money and get one that's been PSA or SGC graded as a 1 or authentic.

[Rickyy]

Nope...looks artificially aged to me also.... and really GFA? Yeah even if its a beater like this but authentic I will send it to PSA and SGC if I was going to sell it....

Ricky Y

[rjackson44]

Baaad