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-...

This actually cracks me up.

Ebay seller Chicagojunk is selling the below two forged Mickey Mantle baseballs.

These are true "junk."

The first one here, is an absolute piece-of-crap.

Penned by Greg Marino from "Operation Bullpen."

This is laughable.

Also, what a waste of a nice "1978 World Series" baseball.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-New-York-Yankees-Autographed...

Here's another forged Mickey Mantle baseball listed by Chicagojunk.

This one is simply a mass-produced forgery from the 1990's.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-New-York-Yankees-Autographed...