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theshleps 05-15-2018 11:16 AM

Mays opinion please
 
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Trying to get rid of all the wife/sister/secretarial signed mays. Any chance any of you think any of these are OK as they were not all done by the same person. Thanks
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39special 05-15-2018 04:37 PM

The Baseball Thrills Mays looks like it is wife signed.

theshleps 05-16-2018 09:30 AM

Should I just rip them all up or is there a chance any are real?

Sophiedog 05-16-2018 09:43 AM

I would hold on to them. Occasionally you will see them graded.

shelly 05-17-2018 08:29 AM

How did you get so many bad Mays?

theshleps 05-17-2018 09:29 AM

That is a good question. Bought collections of folks who did TTM. have a lot of good ones too including some vintage signatures. You'll see when you visit:)

Sophiedog 05-17-2018 03:06 PM

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Topps-...p2047675.l2557

Is this a Mays wife signed? It has a Beckett COA.

Sophiedog 05-17-2018 03:08 PM

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Topps-...p2047675.l2557

Is this a Mays wife signed? It has a Beckett COA.

my mistake...just saw they only authenticated the Mantle

39special 05-17-2018 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sophiedog (Post 1777796)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Topps-...p2047675.l2557

Is this a Mays wife signed? It has a Beckett COA.

my mistake...just saw they only authenticated the Mantle

I have an index card that looks just like that.I was told it was wife signed.
I got it TTM in the '80's

earlywynnfan 05-18-2018 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sophiedog (Post 1777322)
I would hold on to them. Occasionally you will see them graded.

Am I misunderstanding you? I'm reading this as "They may not be good, but you can probably get them by some authenticators." Please tell me I'm wrong!!

theshleps 05-18-2018 04:37 PM

I don't think you directed that to me. I wouldn't try to slip one by with the intention to then sell

earlywynnfan 05-18-2018 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by theshleps (Post 1778120)
I don't think you directed that to me. I wouldn't try to slip one by with the intention to then sell

No, sophiedog

Fuddjcal 05-19-2018 09:35 AM

Wow, not one real "Fleece Mop" in the entire bunch...sorry

mainemule 05-19-2018 10:55 AM

I too received a Mays TTM in the 1980s. Always thought it real......

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...raphs/Mays.jpg

Submitted to PSA many years ago when I was not so versed in things and it came back "? authenticity"

SetBuilder 05-25-2018 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by theshleps (Post 1777318)
Should I just rip them all up or is there a chance any are real?

Why would you destroy them? :confused:

theshleps 05-26-2018 08:48 AM

I'd probably sell them as a lot SPECIFYING they are secretarial. I just hate having fake stuff around. Sold a few fake vintage signed cards (real card, ghost signed) as such. Didn't get much but wanted them out of the house.

39special 05-26-2018 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by theshleps (Post 1780669)
I'd probably sell them as a lot SPECIFYING they are secretarial. I just hate having fake stuff around. Sold a few fake vintage signed cards (real card, ghost signed) as such. Didn't get much but wanted them out of the house.

If you sell them,and they get into the wrong hands,they could be sold to someone that doesn't know any better as the real deal.

Aquarian Sports Cards 05-26-2018 10:48 AM

I throw away unauthentic autographs regularly. if they're consignments I give the consignor the option of having them returned or destroyed. It's one of the little things I can do to help out in the hobby.

theshleps 05-26-2018 04:45 PM

anyone think any of those are real? otherwise I will take Scott and Steves advice and rip them up. I have one more I may post later that prob fits the same category but on a 1961 topps stamp.

Exhibitman 05-27-2018 09:07 AM

How about this one?

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...%20issue_1.jpg

SetBuilder 05-27-2018 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards (Post 1780725)
I throw away unauthentic autographs regularly. if they're consignments I give the consignor the option of having them returned or destroyed. It's one of the little things I can do to help out in the hobby.

That's such a waste of a Willie Mays card. You can just take a stamp that says "FORGERY" or something similar and stamp it across the back. Even better if you use invisible ink that an authentication company can see if anyone tries to send it in.

That's what the major auction houses do when they sell items like this.

SetBuilder 05-27-2018 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by theshleps (Post 1780811)
anyone think any of those are real? otherwise I will take Scott and Steves advice and rip them up. I have one more I may post later that prob fits the same category but on a 1961 topps stamp.

No, don't kill them! The signature is part of the card's history, however dubious it is. Stamp them with a visible marking and save them as references.

Think ahead. Someone 100+ years from now will definitely find it interesting and want it for their collection. A future collector who hasn't been born yet will thank you.


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