I am no expert on this. I have a Yankees team ball with Mantle and Stengel on the sweet spot. I forget, but by the players, I think it is 1954. It looks like one of those printed balls-if they did that back then. Anyway, after about 20 years in my basement display under incandescent bulbs, Mantle and Stengel are fading away. Flip the ball 180 degrees and the siggies look like they were done yesterday.But where was the ball before I discovered it? Under what conditions? But I think I did the most damage. I found this ball in a town dump(long story). I am not an auto collector. I collect pre-WW2 baseball and old baseball photos of "town teams". So-here's what scares me(and thanks for the post)How do I display 1907 original photo and feel safe about it?
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