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Old 07-06-2013, 05:35 PM
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Default DOes an old american league ball worth anything?
I am looking at an 1929 American league baseball. It is faded. Is it worth getting? Not sure what is the value of this type of ball. Thanks.
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Hard to say what it might be worth without seeing a pic of it. How do you know it's 1929?
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Old 07-06-2013, 06:12 PM
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From the label.

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Not that faded, FWIW...
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Should have E.S.Barnard on the side panel. If not it could be a minor league ball from the same era. A couple hundred in that condition sounds about right...
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Stamping is everything with these balls...this stamp looks in ok condition.
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This is on the side panel.

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That's a nice baseball...stamping is faded some, but I agree with Brandon that's easily a $200+ baseball.
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Looks like it has been slightly used...but I would pay $2-300 to keep in my own collection. Stampings look good and are, as I mentioned, what I look for...some collectors look at the laces or the ball itself...but to me its the stamping on the balls that make official league balls unique and coveted.
I think most ball collectors follow the same ideals...Stamps-Laces-Ball...not to mention dating. Just how Ive come to see the hobby.
If you can get it around that that price Id say good piece.
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The price has went over the roof on this one. It is out of my range.
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It's the bogus story & fake Ruth signature on it driving it up.
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It's the bogus story & fake Ruth signature on it driving it up.
Yup. Too bad, that is too over priced for the vintage ball.
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Yes, the autograph on it is horrendous. The ticket though is a HR stub, about number 490 something that Ruth hit, I believe.
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Snapped these two photos last Sunday at the Alameda Point show...I'm not a ball guy but a friend told me it was overpriced..but I don't know looked pretty rare and nice to me....probably the lamest Alameda I ever went to...flat as a pancake...nada nothing....This ball was about as interesting as it got...

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I am far from an expert, but it doesn't seem overpriced to me. What pops out to me is the spelling of Spalding as Spaulding. That seems to happen a lot. Mike
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According to the price guide, it is worth $700.
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If you were to go by that guide that price is for the ball only. Mike
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That 1917 ball and box looks darned nice. I don't collect equipment but as with cards and memorabilia and autographs, personally, I can see paying extra for something like that.
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What its worth is in the eye of the collector. $700...well worth it, and almost a steal IMO...if its a 1917 and not a later Heydler style minor league ball...only one guy can really tell you that one...Brando?
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Based on the font used for the "1" as well as the shortened stitching on the Spalding logo, I don't think it's a 1917. But I could be wrong.
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It's not 1917 but the next model, around 1918 - 25. $700 is a pretty good price for a ball in that condition and with the box.
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