Operation Bullpen
A Reader Writes: "Thanks for the information you share"
July 27, 2011. An email today from a reader of the blog here at KevinNelsonWriter.com.
"Thanks for all the work you do and information you share. I have tried to be an educated memorabilia consumer since the late 1990s. I am currently finishing my thesis in Economic Crime Management, and my thesis topic is better educating consumers around sports memorabilia fraud. Keep up the great work and if you have any advice let me know."
Kevin Nelson responds: My pleasure, and thanks for the kind words! We cover lots of topics here at KevinNelsonWriter.com, one of them being fake memorabilia and the crooks who sell it. You keep reading and we'll keep providing the info.
A Forging Work of Art: Greg Marino's Mantle
April 28, 2011 Having written a book about one of the best of the modern forgers, and arguably one of the best of all time, I occasionally hear from people who own corrupt autograph masterpieces created by Greg Marino. Marino forged perhaps a million autographs in his six-year criminal career, but without doubt his very best—his Sistine Chapel, if you will, the one that launched his career and that he truly mastered—was that of Mickey Mantle. Marino was a lifelong Yankees fan, and his Mantle forgery is a criminal consummation of passion, profit motive, and craft. The other day an email correspondent of mine, "Raiderman," sent me a lithograph he owns that was painted by Greg's father Angelo, and that bears Greg's famous Mantle. Here it is:
