Before I continue, below are links showing hundreds of examples of forged Mickey Mantle baseballs, photos, etc. found on Ebay (the most dangerous place to buy autographs if you're a casual collector or impulse buyer).

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-mantle-dimaggi...

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/examples-of-mickey-...

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/most-common-mantle-...

Unfortunately, with Ebay so heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers, crap like this, in 2019, continues to sell.

And Ebay doesn't care; they've profited big-time from the sales of forgeries for two decades.

People who buy this garbage, have the notion that Ebay filters out the forgeries.

If anything, Ebay is an enabler of this garbage because they do zero about it.

I will continue to expose crap like this.  

Collectors who sell authentic autographs cannot compete with the low-priced forgeries on Ebay.

Here is that forged Mickey Mantle baseball sold by Ebay seller Apwmitchell for $247.50.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-Baseball-/192996...

Here's a forged Mickey Mantle photo listed by the seller.