This is simply pathetic that anyone would bid on crap like this.

Check out the below two auctions from Ebay seller Hollywoodantiquesandcollectibles where they sell a forged Mickey Mantle baseball in one auctions, and a forged Mickey Mantle in one auction and Joe DiMaggio baseball (plus a DiMaggio signed magazine).

The forgeries in both auctions were penned by the same moron forger.

People bid on crap like this because they are delusional autograph collectors.

They think "they got lucky" or "got over" on someone because they purchased a "Mickey Mantle" and "Joe DiMaggio" set of autographs on baseball, plus a "DiMaggio" signed magazine for $76.00.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-York-Yankees-Dimaggio-and-Mantle-signed...

This is about as putrid as it gets.

Here is another forged Mickey Mantle baseball sold by Ebay seller Hollywoodantiquesandcollectibles that sold for a whopping $64.00.

Talk about putrid.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-York-Yankees-Mickey-Mantle-Signed-ball-...