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-...

So when does an autographed Mickey Mantle hat/cap sell for $213.50?

When it's an obvious and laughable forgery.

Does the person who purchased this crap really think they bought an authentic Mickey Mantle autographed cap for $213.50!!!

Garbage like this sells because Ebay is so heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors, impulse buyers and scammers.

People think that Ebay filters out the forgeries..

If anything they encourage the sales of forgeries by doing nothing about them.

Ebay has profited big-time from the sales of forgeries for the last two decades.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPHED-YANKEES-HAT-1990...