I guess my definition of 'obvious' differs from that of Phil and Hank.
I think that with items that are either 'too good to be true', or, like Negro League pieces that are forged often, there is a tendency to reject them out of hand;i.e-you look at such items through 'not-rose-colored glasses'.
These don't look at all like the obvious fakes that we've seen in the past, and even less so now that you have provided more detailed scans.
As Hank mentioned, even though he thinks they are fakes, he can't find examples of these images anywhere on the internet. That's a good thing.
But having said that, if they showed up on ebay and I couldn't see them up close or have the option to return them, I wouldn't bid.
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