Mantle

[Mr. Zipper]

Nice graphic, Ryan.

[Lordstan]

excellent graphic Ryan.
Also, all 3 baseballs in the common forgery examples are what are commonly referred to a "banana" Mantles. I point it out as people often ask what that means. You can clearly see how the exaggerated loops of the "M"s look banana shaped. The Ball where he signed under Williams is especially obvious.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Well done, Ryan.

By the way, Ryan was responsible for exposing the below dirtbags first.


https://live.autographmagazine.com/f...age=1#comments

[shelly]

You can sit there all day and look at those signatures. It still takes that certain person to pick them out. It just seems to work that way.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by shelly

You can sit there all day and look at those signatures. It still takes that certain person to pick them out. It just seems to work that way.

I agree with Shelly.

In Nick's case, since he has already studied autographs from his favorite team, I think he would be a candidate, with time, of picking out the obvious Mantle forgeries.

Good point, Shelly.

[bravos4evr]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

I agree with Shelly.

In Nick's case, since he has already studied autographs from his favorite team, I think he would be a candidate, with time, of picking out the obvious Mantle forgeries.

Good point, Shelly.

maybe......

I am lucky in that the majority of Braves autos are low $$$ and the few that are expensive I was able to spend a lot of time around some authentic examples to get my eye in.

Other than Rabbit Maranville anyway who is probably my next big purchase. and if I'm not sure, this will be my first stop for forking over any cash!

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Nice graphic, Ryan.

agreed, very nicely done Ryan.

We take for granted that we can see a forgery from a mile a way. As Mad Dog Truth says, you gotta put in the time and at some point, it comes to you in a flash. When I started, I looked for 1 to 2 things. Now I'm looking at 1 through 10 (if necessary )

[Stampsfan]

Thank you Ryan, for taking the time to put that together. Much appreciated.

[clydepepper]

As someone who is not very savvy about autographs, I have allowed the TOPPS CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH ISSUE cards into my collection. Either that or PSA/DNA - what's your opinion of these two (lazy man's) options?


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[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

As someone who is not very savvy about autographs, I have allowed the TOPPS CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH ISSUE cards into my collection. Either that or PSA/DNA - what's your opinion of these two (lazy man's) options?


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Below is a good reason to actually be knowledgeable about autographs.

Below is a Derek Jeter/Scott Rolen "1998 Co-Signers Topps Issued" card.

It contains the Topps "Certified Autograph Issue" stamp.

Both autographs are forgeries. A long time ago someone "back-doored" numerous masters of that card and they were forged.

I wonder how many autograph collectors own the forged set of the below card.



JeterRolenFake.jpg

[clydepepper]

Here's one I owned a few years ago:

1999 Stadium Clun Co-Signers JETER n CHIPPER SOLD 454.54.jpg

And a few I have purchased since then:

TOPPS RANDY JOHNSON and PEDRO MARTINEZ MONTREAL AUTOs.jpg2016 Topps Heritage Carl YASTRZEMSKI AUTO.jpg
1926-29 EXHIBITS- ROGERS HORNSBY PSA-DNA.jpg1961 Topps Ron Santo PSA-DNA.jpg
[ATTACH]1968-TOPPS-177-Mets-Rookie-Stars-PSA-DNA.jpg[/ATTACH]
1997 WILLIE MAYS AUTO.jpg

[Sladge34]

Check out the sellers other items.... not sure if there real but worth checking out. Find it weird he has sooo many topps


https://m.ebay.com/itm/2017-Topps-Fi...&ul_noapp=true