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Looks like another 'collection' of fake press plates has made its way to eBay.  These could very well be more individuals from some original batch made many years ago (as opposed to ones being newly made today).  If so, I feel sorry for the guy who is stuck with them now.

I haven't looked in depth into the stick and ball stuff, but the racing ones are definitely bad.  Here's the auctions:

Non-authenticated Press Plates

And here is an article I wrote about how to spot a fake:

Detecting Fake Press Plates

(Wow, it's hard to believe I wrote the original a decade ago!  Where does the time go?)

-Tom

I've seen those as well (in Classic brand basketball) and they scream out as being fakes.

Their Pacific plates look bad to me

Great article Tom.  I am happy I don't chase all of these oddities in the hobby. It amazes me that people actually go through the trouble of making these fakes to try to make some money. Being that creative, you would think they could find a real job.