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 Rockybalboa-21 for $460.00.

$460.00 down the toilet.

Garbage like this is easy to sell because Ebay is so heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers.

It's 2023 and people still have this notion that Ebay filters out the forgeries; nothing could be further from the truth.

The forgery business is huge these days; bigger than during the Operation Bullpen era.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/166345249328

Look at this train wreck.  Difficult to believe that some paid $460.00 for this trash.

Worthless COA.