Baseball Maybe U can Help?

[danielalba]

I went to a garage sale today an this gentleman was telling me he had some autographed baseballs for sale, and they all looked pretty nice. The one that stuck out the most was a Mickey Mantle & Joe Dimaggio auto ball he said he didn't have the certificate anymore but he said he could provide a bill of sale or any other guarantee i would like other than the certificate. now i went to websites and looked at signatures and from what i remember it looked legit but i told him I would think about it he said he would hold it til tomorrow and if sombody else wants it it going bye bye. what should I do :stress:

 

[tigsfan]

if the price was right do it and then send it off to DNA/PSA for authentication. PSA/DNA is like the universal acceptance for items that have no COA's and do it a reasonable price. That would be a very good investment piece if it passes, which it sounds like it will.

 

[danielalba]

[/IMG]

[/IMG]

 

[danielalba]

Those r the pics someone let me know are they legit

 

[nbatoppspoker]

how much was he asking for both balls?

 

[NattyBoo]

The dual sig ball looks consistent, not forced, and with enough differentiation between the size, angularity and spacing between the 2 sigs that I'd have taken a shot at it. Also, no one willingly runs the M in Mantle into the 2 g's in DiMaggio if forging. On the other hand, with the Aaron I don't see him signing solo so close to the stitching, and there's some ink clumping and stop and starts that would have made me lay off... not saying it's fake- I do know Hank sometimes gets caught up in speaking while signing. I have seen him both A) sign his name twice on an item, and B) sign overtop of someone else.

 

[danielalba]

almost a 1000$ unless i buy more than 4 balls

 

[tigsfan]

I agree with NattyBoo too, the overlap makes me believe its real or you got a really bad forger. Aaron though you can tomorrow if you wanted too, so don't worry about buying that one. And also, send to over to PSA/DNA for maybe the amount he's asking for the Aaron to get the Joe/Mickey authenticated.

BTW, it kind of looks like Aaron is spelled with two R's there, coincidence?

 

[mamunrud]

Here's my Aaron cut auto to use as a reference if needed:

Hope this helps. I agree on the Dimaggio/Mantle, looks good.

 

[nbatoppspoker]

have you decided about it and bought the balls?