JSA Came To Town

[MrSeven]

Care to post the Mantle here or link to the original thread? Somewhat curious. JSA is pretty good at passing Mantles.

[A2000]

Sorry to hear about your bad news, but would like to see a picture of the Mantle as well.

[Leon]

There is at least as 50/50 chance they are wrong and the board was right, from what I have seen in the past.

[shelly]

Post he ball and you will learn if its bad or good in five seconds

[chaddurbin]

not sure why jsa is still popular...at this point it's almost better to buy something raw then have the jsa opinion.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by MrSeven

Care to post the Mantle here or link to the original thread? Somewhat curious. JSA is pretty good at passing Mantles.

Say what you will about the TPAs, but the big three are going to be about 99% accurate on Mantle, DiMaggio and Williams.

I'd like to see it as well. I'd be surprised if they failed a good one, unless it was a very atypical example.

[slidekellyslide]

Here it is. He (Erik Santomauro) told me he thought it was written too slowly.

[slidekellyslide]

Here is a link to the original thread when I got these. Everyone who commented on the Mantle ball gave it a thumbs up. I recall getting PMs also giving it the thumbs up.

http://net54baseball.com/showthread....lidekellyslide

[Republicaninmass]

......riding on a pony

I subbed a pre-cert with a card, he called it macaroni!

[Kco]

I don’t love that Mantle either, it looks heavy handed and slowly drawn. Could it be good? Maybe, but I actually agree with their opinion on this one, unfortunately.

[MrSeven]

I wonder if the ink has something to do about it. That doesn't look like a typical ballpoint. Might be influencing how it looks like it was signed.

[slidekellyslide]

The guy I got them from told me he got them in person at the Minnesota State Fair where both Mantle and Williams were signing together. I really didn't disbelieve him because he was pointing out the autographs that he told me he thought were sketchy because he didn't get them in person.

[Mr. Zipper]

I can see why this was failed.

This is a good example of an item that looks good at arm's length because the "shape" is right. Closer up, it becomes apparent it has a labored look.

[Kco]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

I can see why this was failed.

This is a good example of an item that looks good at arm's length because the "shape" is right. Closer up, it becomes apparent it has a labored look.

Exactly, this one is much closer than most, the fact that JSA failed it is definitely a plus to them for doing their job right honestly, because st a quick look it appears like it could be good.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Williams and Mantle never appeared together in Minnesota. Both did appear here at the State Fair grounds show and I was at both appearances getting many of each. I believe they were here maybe a year apart. Both for $20 each if I remember correctly. I mostly remember Williams signing a friends baseball then bouncing off the table back to him. Ahh, the good ole days.

[slidekellyslide]

Well it may have been a year apart, I don't know he just said he got them at the Minnesota state fair. I may have assumed they were at the same event.