Mantle Opinion

[khkco4bls]

Not unless that's the drunk Mickey Mantle

[shelly]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

Not unless that's the drunk Mickey Mantle

I am still not sure if that ball is bad or not. Just should not have jumped in without being sure.
Kevin just so you know. Mickey could sign drunk better than he could sober. He was only sober a short time before he died. Some of those autographs where a little bit off but most where perfect.

All the bs of his being drunk was just an excuse for a bad forgery

Kevin, just curious. Is this your first time giving an opinion on Mantle?

[Kco]

Yeah now that I can see all of Mickey, I Would like Christopher Williams opinion here

[w7imel]

I wish I could see the Mantle auto like some of you...to me the ball looks good but I believe the ins and outs of mastering his autograph will always be a puzzle to me. Just when I think I am close I realize I am not.

[shelly]

Chris has not come on here yet so I asked the one person I trust as much as Chris.
Here was his answer.

My initial reaction was it was good, but that second photo he posted is giving me some doubt. Don't like the first M. And the e at the end has a long tail... It usually cuts off short. Wavy baseline too. The other issue is that it seems overly large. His sig usually doesn't wrap all the way around the ball like that, does it? Usually you can see the whole thing in one photo easy.


I gotta say, I'm not sure. It's either an odd ball real one, or a forger fired one off and came pretty damn close.

He feels the same way as I do.

I know some of you thought I was kidding about the fact that Mantle signed more balls when he was drunk than sober.

Think about it. I had him at show in Los Angeles and he could not stand up. Yet when he signed a ball it was perfect.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by shelly

Chris has not come on here yet so I asked the one person I trust as much as Chris.
Here was his answer.

My initial reaction was it was good, but that second photo he posted is giving me some doubt. Don't like the first M. And the e at the end has a long tail... It usually cuts off short. Wavy baseline too. The other issue is that it seems overly large. His sig usually doesn't wrap all the way around the ball like that, does it? Usually you can see the whole thing in one photo easy.


I gotta say, I'm not sure. It's either an odd ball real one, or a forger fired one off and came pretty damn close.

He feels the same way as I do.

I know some of you thought I was kidding about the fact that Mantle signed more balls when he was drunk than sober.

Think about it. I had him at show in Los Angeles and he could not stand up. Yet when he signed a ball it was perfect.

AGREE with this assesment

[Kco]

Being that it's such a toss up, I'd actually love to see if/what the three bigger TPAs would do with it. Intriguing ball for sure.

[jimjim]

I don't own the ball and don't feel like risking $200 to $300 on a possible forgery.