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WoundedDuck
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Recently got this from a step grandfather in-law who was getting rid of things. Someone mentioned I liked sports stuff and it was passed along to me. That being said, I wasn't told it was an authentic autograph. I assumed it was probably just a facsimile on a print at best. When I finally got it, I did some close inspecting. It does appear to be a marker writing on the print rather than just a printed facsimile. A google and ebay search doesn't turn up any others that I could find of this print with the exact same auto in the same location. I don't believe it was mass printed with the signature on it.
Then the question becomes, do you think the auto is authentic? Obviously there are tons of fake Mantles out there. Without proper certification, it's not going to bring much, but I'm not looking to sell it anyway. To my best judgement, I think it could be genuine or at least a good forgery if not. The worst fake Mantles all have Ms that stop at an abrupt point without any flow. Not that all real mantles need loops on the Ms, but that abrupt point is usually a give away of a forgery to me. The other thing I look at is the Y. The fakes I've noticed have very straight lines in the Y, forming points and a straight line triangle. Real Mantles seem to have a little bend and character to the flow in that part of the signature.
I'm sure there are better experts than I, so I'm looking for opinions. Real or not? What do you guys think?
Then the question becomes, do you think the auto is authentic? Obviously there are tons of fake Mantles out there. Without proper certification, it's not going to bring much, but I'm not looking to sell it anyway. To my best judgement, I think it could be genuine or at least a good forgery if not. The worst fake Mantles all have Ms that stop at an abrupt point without any flow. Not that all real mantles need loops on the Ms, but that abrupt point is usually a give away of a forgery to me. The other thing I look at is the Y. The fakes I've noticed have very straight lines in the Y, forming points and a straight line triangle. Real Mantles seem to have a little bend and character to the flow in that part of the signature.
I'm sure there are better experts than I, so I'm looking for opinions. Real or not? What do you guys think?
