new member + interesting rare Bambino item(tobacco/baseball)

[kreso]

Hey everyone,
just joined the forum, I've never really been on any antique/collectibles forums before, always just looked at it as a weekend treasure hunt hobby. Anyways, did some google searching and I've been finding a lot of online communities and am very interested in all the conversation and hope i can share my knowledge and learn something from all of you as well. More likely I'll be the one to learn more as i'm only in my mid 20's and relatively younger than most collectors I meet, but I've been collecting tobacco and sporting collectibles for over a decade.

So saying all that I have a rare item I've only seen once before and I question its authenticity, hoping someone here might be able to shed some light.

Its a Bambino smoking tobacco sign.
you can see pictures here:
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...sign-140116193

Anyways thanks for reading my intro, and if you have any info on the bambino sign I would appreciate it.