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 the below forged Mickey Mantle baseball sold by Ebay seller Nastalg76 for $624.99.

The worthless COA is from Stan's Sports.

As we all know, Stan Fitzgerald (Stan's Sports) sold millions in forgeries during the 1990's, and yet someone paid $624.99 for this piece-of-crap laughable forgery.

Stan Fitzgerald also went to jail for selling forgeries during the "Operation Bullpen" era.

All the buyer had to do was a little research on "Stan's Sports" and they would saved themselves $624.99.

I have no sympathy for the person who paid $624.99 for this garbage.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autograph-Signed-American-Le...