September pickups

[Runscott]

Dog-chewed '56 Yankees ball should be arriving in a few days. The only good autographs remaining are Mantle, Berra, Howard and Slaughter. The ball cannot be repaired. Given that the dog-chewed panel appears as shown below, and the Martin is clubhouse, I might do something like this:

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Dog-chewed '56 Yankees ball should be arriving in a few days. The only good autographs remaining are Mantle, Berra, Howard and Slaughter. The ball cannot be repaired. Given that the dog-chewed panel appears as shown below, and the Martin is clubhouse, I might do something like this:

Scott,

That framing job looks great! Great way to preserve a potential nightmare scenario. Be sure to post pics if you decide to get it done.

[Runscott]

Thanks James, I will. I had this mock-up created before the auction ended, so it was the plan all alone. If there is some way to put it back together to where it resembles a displayable baseball, then I will do so - I even studied how to re-stitch a baseball - but I think that in this case it would end up looking real bad.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Thanks James, I will. I had this mock-up created before the auction ended, so it was the plan all alone. If there is some way to put it back together to where it resembles a displayable baseball, then I will do so - I even studied how to re-stitch a baseball - but I think that in this case it would end up looking real bad.

Awesome!!

[mr2686]

That will have great eye appeal. What a great way to salvage that chewed ball.

[HexsHeroes]

Scott, the layout looks good but (IMO) you are going to be alittle challenged to get those end panels to lay nice and flat. I have a couple of panel "cuts" I purchased and those darn things just will not flatten nicely so as to display through a postcard size top-loader. Perhaps framing with glass would do the trick. Best of luck to you. Lood forward to seeing your end result.

[Runscott]

Vincent, I see what you are saying. My plan was to find a good leather-repair person and ask their opinion - if they can't do it, I won't mess with it.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by HexsHeroes

Scott, the layout looks good but (IMO) you are going to be alittle challenged to get those end panels to lay nice and flat. I have a couple of panel "cuts" I purchased and those darn things just will not flatten nicely so as to display through a postcard size top-loader. Perhaps framing with glass would do the trick. Best of luck to you. Lood forward to seeing your end result.

Got the '56 Yankees ball yesterday and unfortunately, I think Vincent is right - the leather isn't going to lay flat without some work, and there's no way I'm taking chances on messing up the Mantle/Berra panel.