When does an inscribed NO 7 autographed Mickey Mantle baseball sell for $282.00?

When it's an obvious and laughable forgery.

The below forged Mickey Mantle baseball was listed and sold by Ebay seller Elvis90046 for $282.00.

If that was an authentic Mickey Mantle autograph with the inscription "NO 7" myself and dozens of other real autograph collectors would have been bidding on it.

Ebay is so heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers, that it is easier to sell a forged Mickey Mantle on Ebay than it is an authentic Mickey Mantle autograph.

Ebay has profited big-time from the sales of forgeries for the last twenty years.  They don't care about protecting their members.  It's only about the dollar for Ebay.

What a waste of $282.00.

With all of the beautiful and authentic Mickey Mantle autographed baseballs on Ebay with the inscription "NO 7", the delusional continue to buy crap like this.

Here is that forged Mickey Mantle baseball sold by Ebay seller Elvis90046 for $282.00.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPHED-SIGNED-BASE...

This is laughable!!!

And the idiot forger penned it on a Budig baseball.  Moron!!!!