Question on signed balls

[Baseba11]

Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

as well as the Mantle

What do you think is off about the Mantle?

I can barely see any difference between it and this one...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTL...-/401146077140

[JMEnglish27]

The Aaron one looks pretty obviously bad to me...hopefully he's got some good ones in the batch, what a shame.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by Baseba11

What do you think is off about the Mantle?

I can barely see any difference between it and this one...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTL...-/401146077140

I can easily tell the difference between the 2. They look nothing alike. The PSA one is gorgeous, while the guys poor ball was an easy to spot forgery. I guess when you have looked at 100's of thousands its pretty easy actually.

[Baseba11]

Originally Posted by Fuddjcal

I can easily tell the difference between the 2. They look nothing alike. The PSA one is gorgeous, while the guys poor ball was an easy to spot forgery. I guess when you have looked at 100's of thousands its pretty easy actually.

I've seen 100s too. Besides the gorgeousness, what differences do you see?

[btcarfagno]

Are the Gehrig and Ruth CC Specials? They look like it.

Tom C

[khkco4bls]

I actually thought the Mantle looked pretty good

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

I actually thought the Mantle looked pretty good

I thought the Mantle looked pretty good too (when comparing to the PSA example). Any other opinions? Autographs are from my expertise, and I have little experience, so just trying to understand what makes it an obvious forgery.

[honus94566]

Any further opinions on the Mantle? Also, any opinions on this other Ruth?

[Bpm0014]

Now that Ruth there is legit. The spacing is a little off, but the letters are all legit. Not sure why the above Ruth would be the only authentic ball out of the bunch when all others are bad??

[Bpm0014]

I have a funny feeling that the above Ruth was NOT included with the rest of the bunch and that you were just testing us....... Haha

[honus94566]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

I have a funny feeling that the above Ruth was NOT included with the rest of the bunch and that you were just testing us....... Haha

Yeah you are right... And you passed the test with flying colors! Haha.

As for the bunch, my neighbor says they were purchased from a number of different sources over the years, so he thinks at least some of the balls must be good. Clearly the Gehrig and Ruth are not good. But any more opinions on the Mantle, or any of the others that might hold a bit more value?