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...
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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...
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