What is the hobby come to?

[canjond]

I wonder how easy it is to tell in person that the labels and signature were applied? From the photos, its almost impossible to me.

[Forever Young]

sorry...wrong thread oops

[keithsky]

I don't care how many times the seller puts in his description that it is a replica, 100 times if he wants to protect himself but that type of ball will end up being sold as real. Maybe not now but somewhere down the line. Why else would someone spend 700.00 for a replica? If you have 700.00 to spend on a replica why don't you save up a couple thousand more and by a real one. Judging by the people on Coachs Corner buying that crap apparently they don't know what is real or not, that will be the type of person ending up with a ball like this. Thinking it's real

[RichardSimon]

CMG Worldwide was very interested in these items.
(manager of Babe Ruth estate).

[69Cubfan]

Richard, I had already sent CMG's legal dept(infringement & policing) an email about these and gave them all the info. We'll see what happens.

[RichardSimon]

I spoke to a woman in their California office in the Legal Affairs Dept and she said she will be forwarding my information to their General Counsel and sports director.

[base_ball]

If there are only a couple of these "art" pieces I doubt the Ruth estate would pursue any legal action. If someone tried to mass-produce them there would probably be a cease-and-desist letter in the fax machine within minutes.

I've always had a soft spot for those facsimile team balls. Maybe the time has come for a legitimate, properly licensed, but clearly-differentiated-from-the-real Ruth replica that sells for twenty bucks. It'd be a lot better--and cheaper--than a lot of the Ruth baseballs that are displayed on mantels.