I have one of the same ball bought directly from the seller. He is completely open and cautions these are only replicas. I will never afford a Cobb ball, so I wanted one.
I agree with Casey - folks in the hobby should already know that these exist and are legit replicas. (The guy does other players too ....you can even ask him to scuff the ball up or tone it more or etc.)
Additionally I buy perfectly legit replica cards from sellers because I can't afford real ones. Placeholders in my albums.
Of course, uninformed or forgers passing these off as legit didn't do their homework.
Just my take on it.
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