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 Mickey Mantle litho listed by Ebay seller Andrew_31.

Observe that as part of the auction description the seller uses a photo of Mickey Mantle signing the litho in order to convince buyers to purchase his forged Mickey Mantle.

This is one of the tools of sellers of forgeries (using a photo from an actual signing).

https://www.ebay.com/itm/385825489852?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26ai...

Forged Mickey Mantle.

This forged Mickey Mantle sold for $189.99.  I'm sure the seller using a "borrowed" photo of The Mick signing convinced the a buyer to purchase this crap.

Photo of Mickey Mantle signing used by the seller to sell their forged Mickey Mantle.

Below are other forged items sold by Ebay seller Andrew_m31.

The final bid prices reflect that these are garbage.

These are only a few of the forgeries sold by him.

Below is a link to their present forgery listings.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=385894901666&rt=nc&_tr...