I've never been a big fan of vintage team signed baseballs . . .
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. . . because the intensitiy of the ink signatures always seems much bolder in photos than when held in hand under "normal" lighting. But from time to time, I will cross over, and purchase a signed ball. But either price has had to compensate for the failure of the signatures to look as good as they did in the pictures, or the quality of the signatures has to be as good as pictured, and/or the team is from the 1910's/1920's. I will gladly pay more than estimate if the signatures are very bold and clear. And I have come to really appreciate the scarcity of team signed baseballs from the teen's and twenty's; most especially those with decent quality signatures and minimal crazing of the shellace/clear coat finish.
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