Little test for the rest

[t206trader]

Originally Posted by tazdmb

Craig, with all due respect, IMHO, I think this is a bad idea. There are a handful of people on these boards that I would consider autograph experts, I am for sure not one of them. I tried once to give an opinion, i failed and would not do it again. I would hate to lose these members because everyone else who passed a Mantle autograph quiz suddenly feels they are a "deemed" expert, when some of the true experts on these boards have been doing it longer than I have been born. I know we lost one well respected member because of this, and I would hate to lose any more.

Again just my 2 cents.

Agreed, I feel like although this could be informative it could also turn into a game of "gotcha". Looking at questionable autographs and giving opinions is one thing but to already know the answer and ask anyway (just to see who knows) just seems like a convoluted way of generating knowledge. There's been countless threads with both genuine and fake mantle autos and I feel that flipping through those should be enough to at least create a baseline level of what to look for. I understand that's not your intention but it just seems that these "real or fake" threads quickly dissolve into cheap shots and name calling.