Double X (Foxx) and Mantle Opinions

[ATP]

Originally Posted by shelly

This is a vintage Mantle signature not the 70's My bottom lineon the cut.

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Hi Shelly, I am looking at this on my phone, but I am pretty certain that the example you posted is a clubhouse of mantle from the 1960's, so no it wouldn't look anything like the one the OP is asking about :-)

[shelly]

Originally Posted by ATP

Hi Shelly, I am looking at this on my phone, but I am pretty certain that the example you posted is a clubhouse of mantle from the 1960's, so no it wouldn't look anything like the one the OP is asking about :-)

Sorry posted wrong ball it is a clubhouse.

[ATP]

Here's one that I think would be from the same era as the OP one style wise, probably a little more current.

[Runscott]

The last one Shelly posted was an error - here is a vintage example Shelly asked me to post for him - a true vintage Mantle. 1970's was not vintage.

And Jeff - Shelly says: "Good eyes, Jeff - very well-done".

[ATP]

Originally Posted by Runscott

The last one Shelly posted was an error - here is a vintage example Shelly asked me to post for him - a true vintage Mantle. 1970's was not vintage.

And Jeff - Shelly says: "Good eyes, Jeff - very well-done".

Thanks Shelly :-)

When I originally used the term vintage, I should have been more specific, I meant 1970's all along. To me that is somewhat vintage :-) The examples I have had on balls from the early to about 1956 are drastically different. In my opinion, there are a ton of differences between his 1970 signature and the ones your see from the late 1980's and early 1990's too, like all the UDA ones. Mostly in the "K" but also other places. We may just have to agree to disagree on this one, just from what I can see in the scan I would probably be comfortable buying it.

[Runscott]

Jeff - email sent.

[shelly]

That is what makes this place fun. I would pass on it even if I thought it was authentic. Only because so many great cuts are out there that have no question to its being authentic.
Just for the fun of it. Can any of you that feel this item authentic. Please send two exemplars of anything Mickey signed that has the second M that high from the Mickey.

[ATP]

I think the M is pretty high on the signed 1960 card I posted earlier. I just doesn't stick out quite as much because it's stacked and there isn't nearly the gap between the M and the a. I will look later tonight and see what I can find.

[Runscott]

I would like to see a Mantle that looks like the one in the OP - not just a few letters, but an entire autograph.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by shelly

Just for the fun of it. Can any of you that feel this item authentic. Please send two exemplars of anything Mickey signed that has the second M that high from the Mickey.

Originally Posted by Runscott

I would like to see a Mantle that looks like the one in the OP - not just a few letters, but an entire autograph.

The silence is deafening.

[shelly]

Originally Posted by ATP

I think the M is pretty high on the signed 1960 card I posted earlier. I just doesn't stick out quite as much because it's stacked and there isn't nearly the gap between the M and the a. I will look later tonight and see what I can find.

Signed straight across not up and down.

[MikeKam]

Originally Posted by shelly

That is what makes this place fun. I would pass on it even if I thought it was authentic. Only because so many great cuts are out there that have no question to its being authentic.
Just for the fun of it. Can any of you that feel this item authentic. Please send two exemplars of anything Mickey signed that has the second M that high from the Mickey.

I've seen a good number of examples that have the second M higher than the "Mickey," don't see why this is a sticking point.

[shelly]

Thanks for all the post. I stand by my what I think but I must say you guys did your jobs. It just does not look right to me. Like I said why buy something when there are so much nicer ones that have no question about it.

[jbhofmann]

Originally Posted by shelly

Thanks for all the post. I stand by my what I think but I must say you guys did your jobs. It just does not look right to me. Like I said why buy something when there are so much nicer ones that have no question about it.

Rare variation....duh hahha

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by shelly

Thanks for all the post. I stand by my what I think but I must say you guys did your jobs. It just does not look right to me. Like I said why buy something when there are so much nicer ones that have no question about it.

That's really the key thing here - all of our opinions are only that.