The Mantle family sincerely hopes that you enjoy this site and through it, learn a little more about the baseball player and the man known simply as “The Mick”. Mickey’s life and career are ones of perseverance, courage, determination, amazing feats and true greatness. Afterwards, Mickey hit gigantic homers completely out of almost every major league stadium that he ever played in except Yankee Stadium which he missed doing so by just inches in 1956 and again in 1963. Because of his Herculean homers and his amazing clutch hitting, the name Mickey Mantle became synonymous with the Fall Classic.Īfter Mickey hit a 565’ homer completely out of Griffith Stadium in 1953, the term “Tape Measure Homer” was coined. With television sets beginning to appear in every American home, we were able to watch Mickey and the Yankees virtually every Saturday on the Game of the Week and practically every October in the World Series. Dual signed photos with Roger Maris sell for $1,250 to $1,500.America needed a new baseball hero in 1951. Signed baseballs sell for $300 to $400, with exceptional examples starting at $1,000. Signed mid-to-late 1950s Topps cards (excluding All-Star cards) sell for $1,000 to $2,000. Signed Topps cards from the 1960s sell for $600 to $900. Signed photos and Perez Steele cards are valued between $250 and $300. Mantle’s signature is valued at $100 to $125. Many of these baseballs are on the market. The Maris forgery is signed in a lighter ballpoint pen. It is signed perpendicular to (and just above) the MacPhail logo. Mickey Mantle digitally autographed New York Yankees white home Cooperstown Collection jersey Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball career. Mickey Mantle Signed Gold HOF Plaque Postcard Yellow Yankees Autograph PSA/DNA Gold Hall of Fame Plaque Postcard (Mike Roberts Color Productions) signed by The Commerce Comet Mickey Mantle in blue sharpie. A forgery of Mantle is placed on the sweet spot and the Maris forgery is placed on the side panel. Shop Mickey Mantle Autographed Set Four M Enterprises/jsa/bgs Graded & Authenticated - Baseball Slabbed Autographed Cards and more authentic, autographed and game-used items at Amazons Sports Collectibles Store. They are Lee MacPhail American League baseballs. There is a sizable amount of dual forged baseballs of these two legends. Many times this photo will contain a genuine Mantle and a forged Maris signature so careful examination is needed. There are many signed 8x10 photos featuring Mantle and Maris holding bats a countless number of forged specimens exist. Authentication companies have wrongly certified these as genuine by the boat load. Signed baseballs with the inscription “No 7” are a favorite with forgers. Forged baseballs are the most common and I have literally seen thousands of bogus baseballs.
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It is hard to peg a percentage but it is safe to say that the majority to vast majority of Mantle signatures offered for sale are forged. Mickey Charles Mantle (Octo August 13, 1995), nicknamed The Commerce Comet and The Mick, was an American professional baseball player. Mantle is one of the most forged signatures in all of autographdom. Mickey Mantle (1931-1995) - Shown above in an Oversized 14x20 Signed Photograph - Mickey Mantle 1956 - is Mickey Mantle Wearing the 1956 Triple Crown. While scarce, a handful of these do exist and they command a premium. Mantle was a rather crass person and he had a bad habit of signing autographs, mostly baseballs, with profane inscriptions. This 8' x 10' black & white image picturing the legendary Yankees duo posed in pinstriped home uniforms is signed by both Mantle and Maris in bold blue sharpie across the front rating 9 out of 10. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris autographed photograph. This is about the only source of Mantle letters in the market. Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris Signed Photograph.
As an extra bonus it also came with a fan club membership card. Custom plaque photo display measures 12 x 15 in size and features an 8 x 10 photo that has been hand-signed in blue felt-tip pen by Mickey Mantle.
If you joined you would receive a signed form letter, on personal letterhead, hand signed by Mantle in full. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Mantle had a fan club. Typed letters signed, on the other hand, exist in ample supply. One nice specimen, with baseball content, sold for $5,700 in a Spring 2017 auction hosted by Robert Edward Auctions. Autographed letters signed are very rare and seldom surface. Extremely Rare Grover Cleveland Alexander Signed Black-and-White. Signed documents, such as contracts and bank checks, are rare and command a premium.
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