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 "500 Homerun Club" baseball (Mantle, Williams, etc).

It's 2020 and people are still bidding and buying crap like this.

This is a freaking train wreck.

You would be hard-pressed to find uglier and more laughable forgeries than these.

Crap like this sells because Ebay continues to be heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers who have this notion that Ebay filters out the forgeries.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Ebay has profited big-time from the sales of forgeries for the past twenty years.

I will continue to expose this crap.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/500-Home-run-Club-Signed-Baseball-Certified/363039611444?hash=item5486d8da34:g:E14AAOSwc4Je~Svh

The worthless COA is from "All American Authentics (scam operation or just incompetent?).

These look like they were penned by a four-year old.