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 forged "500 Homerun" club baseball listed by Ebay seller Upnorth.com.

This is by far, one of the most laughable and obvious set of "500 Homerun" club forgeries.

These forgeries are laughable.

Crap like this sells because Ebay is 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.

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

Look at this laughable junk.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/500-HOME-RUN-CLUB-11-Signed-Baseball-MICKE...