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 this laughable crap listed by Ebay seller Doggo_88.

Ebay seller Doggo_88 listed (Two Available) the below forged Mickey Mantle baseball.

The worthless COA is from A & K Sports Collectibles (Who?).

With Ebay so heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers, this garbage might even sell, but the below "Mantle" is so laughable, even the people that buy forgeries won't spend that kind of money on this crap.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403022459789?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo...

Worthless COA and a forged Mickey Mantle penned by an idiot.