Mantle Opinion

[Deertick]

Most of those photos are crappy quality, many of which are photos of photos. They are MLPA authorized photos that were available and used for most of the autograph show signings during the 80's nto the 90's. Promoters would make copies of the MLPA items to avoid paying the proper fees, thus more profit. I think it is authentic, as yours seems to have the logo in the right place and it doesn't seem to be terribly blurry. Many even have TV Sports Mailbag printed on the reverse (although I'm not positive that this Mantle was offered).

[William Farrell]

Very interesting Ruth close up proving that Ruth was the first practitioner of the "Sparkly Eyes Technique".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erkpm6QggrU

and cloud-bursting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSkEiwWWE7c

It's all in the eyes!

[Duluth Eskimo]

I stand or sit corrected again, not same pose as SI poster now that I looked it up. As others have already stated, cheap photo quality with good looking autograph.

[shelly]

My reason for not buying that piece is that I am not sure if that is signed photo or a picture of a signed photo. The signiture was never the problem

[jimjim]

Just to follow-up on this post. I added this Mantle photo to my collection, and it does have the TV sports mailbag stamping on the back. It is not as blurry in-person, but it is definitely a zoomed in version of the picture that Shelly posted.

Thanks for all the feedback!