Ty Cobb Signed Ball Opinions Needed

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

It's a forgery, copied from a photo of a flat which appears on the PSA website.

Wow, great detective work. You should change your profile picture to one of Peter Falk.

[Kzoo]

That's crazy. Is that laser printed onto the ball somehow? It's literally exactly the same as the PSA example that David found..... and it even looks like it's been there for some time. I don't think someone could actually 'freehand' a forgery to be THAT exact.... or could they?

[keithsky]

I thought I remember maybe 5 years or so ago on Ebay some guy selling these reproduction balls. Not sure if he made them or someone else. I remember thinking also somewhere down the line these would try to get past off as real if not mention of them as reproduction ones. I'm sure they sit in collections as real if not knowing there fake cause they do look original

[Joecoco]

Holy crow! Great work!!!

[ATP]

David is correct, it's a reproduction/replica signed ball. I really don't like these but it's been going on for a few years now, also with signed "cuts". I see them pop up on etsy from time to time and occasionally ebay. Here's another one currently on etsy.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by ATP

David is correct, it's a reproduction/replica signed ball. I really don't like these but it's been going on for a few years now, also with signed "cuts". I see them pop up on etsy from time to time and occasionally ebay. Here's another one currently on etsy.

It is a shame but obviously not surprising.

Great Detective work and amazing what people can find/produce so fast for the forum