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-...

When does an autographed Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris baseball sell for $499.99?

This was sold by Ebay seller Ants_in_my_eyes_dacuz.

Immediately below is a link to another blog on this seller.

https://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/blogs/ebay-seller-ants-...

When they are laughable forgeries.

These almost look like a really bad trace job.

Whoever forged this is a total idiot.

Look at this crap!!!  $499.99 down the toilet.

It's 2021 and it is difficult to believe that people (impulse buyers and delusional collectors)  are still buying garbage like this.

I hope the buyer submits this crap to Beckett, JSA or PSA.

Eventually the buyer of this crap will be selling it and then they'll discover it's got zero value.

This once again proves just how easy it is to sell forgeries on EBay, with Ebay so heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers.

If you don't know autographs, Ebay is, in my opinion, the most dangerous place to buy autographs.

Check out the feedback from this seller and their other listings like the below Mariano Rivera.

People assume that Ebay filters out the forgeries; they do not; Ebay profits big-time from the sales of forgeries.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/373638669297?nma=true&si=aFopP%252FGu%...