Check out the below Mickey Mantle forgery on a photograph listed on Ebay.

This ugly Mickey Mantle forgery on a photograph is listed by Ebay seller  Mooseluvrz

This is a  "Florida" forgery

The people who buy and sell this crap have ZERO knowledge of autographs.

This garbage is found at websites like AtAuction.com (formerly AlwaysAtAuction.com), Ubid.com, AAFES, local auctions, charity auctions, estate sales, etc.   Those are the major outlets for the "Florida" forgeries.

These typical Mickey Mantle forgery  comes with a COA from Stat Authentic and Ted Taylor.  Stat Authentic, now known as TTA (Ted Taylor) is deservedly on Ebay's Banned List.

Ted Taylor is probably a close second to Chris Morales in authenticating forgeries, although I now think GFA and Steve Rocchi might have taken the lead.

AtAuction.com  continues to sell Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio forgeries on a weekly basis.

The people who buy this crap, purchase this garbage on the cheap, and then look to flip it on Ebay for a profit.

Ted Taylor (Stat Authentic/TTA) was a major "authenticator" of forgeries for AlwaysAtAuction.com and is deservedly on Ebay's Banned COA list.

The people who sell these forgeries prefer to use Ebay to sell their forgeries because they know the suckers and wannabe autograph collectors will purchase their crap.

These forgeries have infected our autograph hobby by the tens of thousands by AlwaysAtAuction.com., AtAuction.com, UBid.com, and the buyers of sellers of this garbage.  I will continue to expose the sellers of these "Florida" forgeries.

Ebay continues, as they have for the past twenty years, to profit from the sales of forgeries.

Here is that ugly Mickey Mantle forgery listed by Ebay seller Mooseluvrz.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=291224206972

Here's another piece-of-crap Mickey Mantle forgery with a COA from Ted Taylor (Stat Authentic).