Need help on 1951 Bowman - Mickey Mantle

[Stonepony]

The back pic could be a legit Mantle. The front pic is not

[reddog4063]

Its a fake and a bad one at that. You may need to continue learning about these cards before you are ready to buy a card like this from two bad pictures. Please pay your dues and learn about the hobby to save yourself a lot of heartache in the long run.

[ALR-bishop]

Nate-- you lucked out. Not only did you get some great advice but someone threw in a free lecture

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Nate-- you lucked out. Not only did you get some great advice but someone threw in a free lecture

Al,

You forgot your smiley

[ngnichols]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Nate-- you lucked out. Not only did you get some great advice but someone threw in a free lecture

LOL, yeah I saw that and got a good laugh.

I've purchased my fair share of higher-end vintage cards that were raw here in the past year or so. I don't need some guy on a forum telling me I need to "pay my dues." That's just dumb and meaningless.

Obviously it's a whole different ballgame just looking at a card from crappy pictures and telling if it's real or not vs. actually being able to handle and examine the card directly. I've had 1951 Bowman cards before so I know what they should feel like. It's also not a card I've had a ton of in-person experience with so I haven't been able to examine one up close with a loupe to see distinguishing features of that specific card.

I knew there would be plenty of people with more experience with this card than me on here so it was a no-brainer to post on here first to get more educated opinions on whether it was worth my time/effort to pursue it further.