Question for the experts

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by 13thinning2013

There was a discussion thread over there about COA companies that are not allowed due to shady offerings. Asked a question about a mantle auto from the company Stat Authentic LLC. My brother picked this up at an auction house last year and if memory serves paid about 85.00 dollars for it. This was not the only auto in the bunch but this is the only one with a COA . There was a jeter, and some other players from football , baseball, etc. I am more interested in the mantle.

What is there about paying $85 for a Mantle auto that doesn't scream fake?

[thetruthisoutthere]

Ted Taylor (TTA/Stat Authentic) has a permanent position on Ebay's Banned COA list.

And deservedly so.

[dapro]

here is the picture,

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by dapro

here is the picture,

Textbook "Milkey Mautle" mass-produced fake.

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Textbook "Milkey Mautle" mass-produced fake.

From the bottom of the t in mantle all the way to the end of the e in mantle, you can basically draw a straight line along the baseline of those letters, a real mantle is more bouncy and not exactly straight like that. It's just one of the tells. In a real mantle the e in Mantle usually dips down below and the end of the e is usually shorter and doent tail way off to the right in a straight line and the line you can draw underneath those last three letters won't be exactly straight like i have shown here. Look how exactly straight that the red line is and it is perfectly underneath those letters. as a general rule, a real mantle isnt like that.

oops i just helped the forgers.

[13thinning2013]

Thanks Trav for the info on that.

[Mr. Zipper]

Thank you Travis for providing the line by line breakdown of an obvious, slowly drawn, malformed fake. You are truly an expert!

By the way, how's the analysis going on the Jim Corbett autograph someone posted a month ago? Been too busy breaking down documented Mantle forgery styles to get to it?

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by 13thinning2013

Thanks Trav for the info on that.

you are welcome

[13thinning2013]

Originally Posted by johnmh71

What is there about paying $85 for a Mantle auto that doesn't scream fake?

As I said I did not make the call on this one, I said pass as I did not have an iPad as I do now so I could look it up and do more research. I do appreciate the responses though.

[joed25]

Originally Posted by johnmh71

What is there about paying $85 for a Mantle auto that doesn't scream fake?

$85 for a Mantle signed photo is a good deal but not unheard of. It does not "scream fake". I'v bought many authentic Mantle photos for less than that.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by joed25

$85 for a Mantle signed photo is a good deal but not unheard of. It does not "scream fake". I'v bought many authentic Mantle photos for less than that.

We would love to see some of those right here.

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

We would love to see some of those right here.

lol. Me too Richard.