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Beware of these two items.
1) Mickey Mantle "signed" jersey. The M&N tail tag was first used in 2001.
Mick died in 1995.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160298951126&ssPageNam e=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123
The seller was notified, but the jersey remains for sale.
Here is the e-mail from M&N.
Subj: RE: Tagging Question
Date: 2/14/2007 8:42:56 AM Central Standard Time
From: basenfeldera@mitchellandness.com
CC: info@mitchellandness.com
Hey,
Thank you for your interest in Mitchell and Ness. We have been using that tag for all of our MLB throwbacks since 2001. Please feel free to contact us with any additional questions or concerns.
Thank you,
Andrew Basenfelder
Mitchell and Ness
E-Commerce
Toll Free: 866-879-6485
Direct Line: 215-279-9899
Email: basenfeldera@mitchellandness.com
2) Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig "signed bat. The main COA is from the J. (Jim) DiMaggio company. This company was set up by the Marino forgery ring (FBI's Operation Bullpen) to authenticate their forgeries.
The other COA is from Midwest Forensics, a defunct autograph authentication company. I knew of this company back in the 1990s, and never saw anything authentic, in my opinion, with their COA.
They disappeared when eBay cracked down in 2000.
http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220306986997&ih=0 12&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=
The J. DiMaggio company is banned by eBay.
Notification was sent to eBay and seller, yet the bat is still listed. In my opinion, the autographs are not authentic.
Unacceptable Authenticators on eBay
Many eBay members have heard about a federal investigation by the FBI and United States Attorneys' offices into forgeries of sports autographs and certificates of authenticity that may have been falsely issued. As a result of that case, eBay will not permit the use of or reference to certificates of authenticity on its site that have been issued by the following parties:
1) Mickey Mantle "signed" jersey. The M&N tail tag was first used in 2001.
Mick died in 1995.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160298951126&ssPageNam e=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123
The seller was notified, but the jersey remains for sale.
Here is the e-mail from M&N.
Subj: RE: Tagging Question
Date: 2/14/2007 8:42:56 AM Central Standard Time
From: basenfeldera@mitchellandness.com
CC: info@mitchellandness.com
Hey,
Thank you for your interest in Mitchell and Ness. We have been using that tag for all of our MLB throwbacks since 2001. Please feel free to contact us with any additional questions or concerns.
Thank you,
Andrew Basenfelder
Mitchell and Ness
E-Commerce
Toll Free: 866-879-6485
Direct Line: 215-279-9899
Email: basenfeldera@mitchellandness.com
2) Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig "signed bat. The main COA is from the J. (Jim) DiMaggio company. This company was set up by the Marino forgery ring (FBI's Operation Bullpen) to authenticate their forgeries.
The other COA is from Midwest Forensics, a defunct autograph authentication company. I knew of this company back in the 1990s, and never saw anything authentic, in my opinion, with their COA.
They disappeared when eBay cracked down in 2000.
http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220306986997&ih=0 12&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=
The J. DiMaggio company is banned by eBay.
Notification was sent to eBay and seller, yet the bat is still listed. In my opinion, the autographs are not authentic.
Unacceptable Authenticators on eBay
Many eBay members have heard about a federal investigation by the FBI and United States Attorneys' offices into forgeries of sports autographs and certificates of authenticity that may have been falsely issued. As a result of that case, eBay will not permit the use of or reference to certificates of authenticity on its site that have been issued by the following parties:
- J. Dimaggio Co. / J. Dimaggio Company
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