[69Cubfan]

I'm blown away that people will spend their money on such things as this. The seller claims that this is "art", well, so is forgeries. He is going to such great lengths as to toning and shellaching the ball to make it look vintage which is also what a forger would do. In my mind this is a type of forgery even though he claims he is not handwriting the signature. I would only consider it "art" if the "artist" signs his name somewhere on the ball like any other "art" piece. That way you would know right away that this ball is not the real deal. I wonder if there is any type of trademark infringements since he is replicating the ball manufacturer and Ruth's name?These balls will be attempted to be sold someday down the road claiming to be real. And someone will be dumber than the guy that spent $700 for this ball to plunk down even more money because he thinks it is the real deal. If this guy is making this kind of money on these, there will be no stopping him to create hundreds more. What a shame!!!