ABBOTT & COSTELLO "signed" Baseballs...eBay and Etsy...Thoughts?

I was wondering if members could assist on this:

I spotted a baseball with signatures of Abbott and Costello on eBay.  They are on a vintage ball and look right and I was interested.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195918027547?hash=item2d9d9fdb1b:g:odMAAOS...

I Googled 'Abbott and Costello signed baseball' and this came up on Etsy (it's stated that it is a reproduction and it also has an aged look to the signatures):

https://www.etsy.com/listing/615924642/abbott-costello-replica-auto...

These are exact signature styles (with very slightly different placement).  I'm skeptical now that the eBay one is really vintage.  Etsy's repro is $47.31 and eBay's described signed old baseball" is $1500.

Here's eBay's:

Here's Esty's:

Has anyone seen these on the market before?  The eBay photos are rather blurry.  I guess the eBay one could be original and someone on Etsy saw the listing and made a quick repro(although I can't imagine being able to do a detailed copy from the provided blurry pictures on eBay),

Thanks in advance!

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