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Originally Posted by mr2686
A lot of people used to shellac balls to try and preserve them (before we all knew better) so some (not all) forgers will also do that figuring that people would believe a shellacked ball. I'm not saying everyone does it, and to tell you the truth you probably see less of them now (at least I do) but what I'm saying is that you can't think it's authentic just based on that.
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Just so you know, Marino used shellacked baseballs to make you think it was older. They would also age a ball by putting it in to an oven so it look dry and old. They would also scuff the ball or rub it with mud clean it do it over again untill you thought you had an older ball. At that time it worked today you would laugh at it.