Mickey Mantle Autograph Question

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Well.....this baseball sold for $1600 at auction yesterday. I was not in attendance as my son had a little league game. I am really disappointed in the auction house for not setting the record straight on this ball after I talked to the auctioneer about the ball and that it was impossible that it was signed in 1951 - That is exactly how they sold it.

Earlier this year they advertised a Babe Ruth autographed baseball and they had me look at it - immediately I could tell it was a fake and they pulled it from the auction. This time I have a feeling they may have been intimidated by the consigner as he is a very well to do doctor that was selling off hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items yesterday. They even allowed him to sell stuff that was listed in the auction before the auction started. A Hummer and a pitch and bat pinball game from the 1950s were both listed in the auction, but sold beforehand.