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 piece-of-crap forged Mickey Mantle baseball sold by Ebay seller Lowfatdaddy for a whopping $200.00.

The worthless COA is from Sports Authority.

Crap like this sells because Ebay is heavily-populated with delusional autograph collectors and impulse buyers who think that Ebay filters out the forgeries, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Ebay has profited big-time from the sales of forgeries for over two decades.

Look at this laughable junk.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/333304436268?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true...

Forged Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams photo.  Laughable forgeries and with a worthless COA from Sports Authority.

Another forged Mickey Mantle baseball with a worthless COA from Sports Authority.