I suspect the Cripe copy was made by Pat O'Donnell at Resurrection Guitars in Florida. He was a friend of Steven Cripe's and Cripe's family authorized him to complete some unfinished instruments and produce copies. He does excellent work, and I suspect you could get one from Pat for a lot less than $40K. And, of course, you can get an Alembic Custom Tribute with all the bells & whistles for a lot less than $40K too.
Bill, tgo