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-...

Check out the below laughable and obvious forged Mickey Mantle baseball sold by Ebay seller Jerseylady973.

The worthless COA is from The Inside Pitch.

When does a Mickey Mantle autographed baseball sell for a whopping $140.50?

When it's an obvious forgery.  

This crap sells on Ebay because Ebay is so heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers who think that Ebay filters out the forgeries, but nothing could be further from the truth.

If anything, and in my opinion, Ebay is an enabler of this crap by doing nothing about it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPHED-BASEBALL-W-CERTI...

The moron forger penned it on a Budig baseball.

Worthless and cheesy-looking COA.