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-...

You have to check out the below forged Mickey Mantle jersey listed by Ebay seller Gorillafx.

This is freaking laughable.

This forged Mickey Mantle jersey is so laughable, it easily ranks in the Top 5 of all-time "Mickey Mantle" ugliest forgeries.

Ebay is so heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers, and that's why the forgery trade is so huge on EBay.

This particular Mantle is so bad, that not even the people who buy forgeries would bid on this garbage.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-Custom-Framed-Mi...

Worthless COA from Leming & Sons, Inc (Who?).