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Help with a Mantle ball
Bump. Opinions from our other resident experts will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! Last edited by David Atkatz; 12-20-2011 at 12:18 AM. |
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Who was Becca Mantle? His sister?
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I would assume this is on a Lee MacPhail or older ball?? I'm not that familiar with his old style, which I assume this is or is trying to be? It has characteristics I like and some I don't. For starters, I don't like the way the first M has 2 different pen pressures. I also don't really like the shape of the M's, though it could be more like his early sig, I don't know? I don't like baselines of Mickey or Mantle (droopy c, droopy a). I especially don't like that the "i" is not dotted. All 50+ items in my collection have a dotted "i" for whatever that's worth. I don't like the "tle" and the straight plane it's on.
I do like the apparent speed it was signed with, causing the pen to skip? I do like there is a slight "heavy spot' where the first "M" starts. I do like the interaction between the "Ma". Personally, I couldn't say one way or another as much of my research does not include older versions. I imagine some characteristics are the same, but really don't know. The Lowly Mantle Collector wouldn't buy it, but I am buying less and less these days anyway... Last edited by Fuddjcal; 12-14-2011 at 01:52 PM. |
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Thanks very much, Chuck.
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Quote:
That said, if this is a fake, it's relatively deceptive and certainly a cut above the mass produced junk.
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Thanks, Steve.
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That version looks slightly similiar to this 1962 team ball posted for sale at Grandstand Sports. http://grandstandsports.com/pages/49337.htm
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Perhaps it just a matter of the ink fading inconsistently or more pressure in some spots than others, but the more I look at it, the more it looks like some portions may have been gone over a second time.
The "a" drops below the baseline... but other than that, from a "shape" standpoint, it looks pretty decent. I'm looking forward to learning more...
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I think it is an authentic "semi-early" Mantle--back when he was first evolving his style from what I'll call his "rookie years sig" to the beautiful sig were are most familiar with today.
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