Mantle Opinion please

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

This is my father's friend whom I am helping sell his collection.

I personally am no expert but think it's bad from the size of the signature. I am curious what the Mantle guys think.

Thank you in advance

[JMEnglish27]

I wouldn't buy it. Spacing is weird...

[Sladge34]

It's close, some things look right... and some look bad... first glance I'd say real, but def better guys on here who can help you out

[Ryan1125]

Nice authentic

[Mr. Zipper]

I think it's good.

[bobbyw8469]

spacing is off....no good.

[Lordstan]

I also think it's good. It's not totally typical, but overall I think it's ok.

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Thanks everyone. A lot of opinions I respect. Just waiting on Chris and Shelley to chime in

[thetruthisoutthere]

Absolutely authentic.

[Sophiedog]

I also agree that the ball is 100% good...nice one too.

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Thanks guys!!! I am comfortable selling this now. Otherwise i was gonna have a catch. haha

[bobbyw8469]

I guess the bottom line...no one is sure...and after seeing Mr. Marino do his magic...who the hell really knows.

[RedsFan1941]

actually, a few people in this thread seem very sure.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I guess the bottom line...no one is sure...and after seeing Mr. Marino do his magic...who the hell really knows.

There is no comparison between a spontaneous free flowing authentic Mantle and a deliberate and stiffly drawn Marino fake.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

There is no comparison between a spontaneous free flowing authentic Mantle and a deliberate and stiffly drawn Marino fake.

Absolutely!!!

[jimjim]

Not pretty but 110% authentic

[shelly]

[shelly]

I think it is a great looking ball. Every thing you want in a Mantle ball is all there. No skips smears on a pure white ball.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

There is no comparison between a spontaneous free flowing authentic Mantle and a deliberate and stiffly drawn Marino fake.

And many more stiff fakes besides Mantle.
His fakes of the prime deceased HOFers were terrible.
I instigated in investigation by the NYC Dept of Consumer Affairs concerning bogus autographs on ebay.
At my direction an undercover buy was made on two different sellers of autographs of Christy Mathewson.
It was apparent to me that there were maybe thousands of bogus autographs of prime HOFers on ebay and it seemed to me that possibly one person was doing all of the forging.
The Dept of Consumer Affairs sent the two Mathewson autographs to the NYC Police Dept Lab.
A forensic (YES forensic) analysis agreed with my conclusions, that the autographs were bogus.
A report was then filed with ebay which resulted in about a dozen crooked ebay sellers being removed, based on the info I supplied.
Marino was prolific. Marino was not very skilled. Sure, he could do forgeries better than you or I could but he was not that good.

[Kco]

Atypical but definitely good.

[Fuddjcal]

for whatever it's worth, Fudd, the one time lowly Mantle collector likes it!

[bobbyw8469]

https://live.autographmagazine.com/f...d-how-to-avoid

The Mantle banana...lol