Dallas- Danny and Billy Mantle used to attend shows
in Dallas and sell balls and photos signed by their Dad. Later,
Danny and David befriended Dallas area show promoter and memorabilia
dealer Jim Kuykendall. Together, they opened a shop under the
banner D. Mantle's Memorabilia. Their business venue shifted
to shows five or so months later when rent at the mall location
rose faster than sales volume. The last such outing was at the
1995 National in St. Louis, where Kuykendall sold one of his
last photographs signed by Mickey and Billy Martin for $350.
The photo showed both young players in street clothes in front
of New York's Edison Hotel. Martin had signed several of these
a few weeks before his own death. In St. Louis and at shows subsequent
to Mantle's death, D. Mantle's Memorabilia saw an inordinate
amount of Mantle forgeries. "It's very bad and it's going
to get worse," Kuykendall said. The dealer/promoter says
consumers need to remember that if the price is too good to be
true, it probably is. "Why would someone sell a Mantle photo
for $60 or $70 when he could easily sell an item for at least
twice that amount?" he wondered.
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Dallas- Danny and Billy Mantle used to attend shows
in Dallas and sell balls and photos signed by their Dad. Later,
Danny and David befriended Dallas area show promoter and memorabilia
dealer Jim Kuykendall. Together, they opened a shop under the
banner D. Mantle's Memorabilia. Their business venue shifted
to shows five or so months later when rent at the mall location
rose faster than sales volume. The last such outing was at the
1995 National in St. Louis, where Kuykendall sold one of his
last photographs signed by Mickey and Billy Martin for $350.
The photo showed both young players in street clothes in front
of New York's Edison Hotel. Martin had signed several of these
a few weeks before his own death. In St. Louis and at shows subsequent
to Mantle's death, D. Mantle's Memorabilia saw an inordinate
amount of Mantle forgeries. "It's very bad and it's going
to get worse," Kuykendall said. The dealer/promoter says
consumers need to remember that if the price is too good to be
true, it probably is. "Why would someone sell a Mantle photo
for $60 or $70 when he could easily sell an item for at least
twice that amount?" he wondered.