AL and NL balls

[horzverti]

Thanks Brandon. It is somewhat tough to find good pictures and info on the NL Heydler ball online. There are definitely more pics of the AL ball out there. I'll keep searching. I plan on buying a copy of your book in near future as well. It'll look great in the research library. Thanks again!

Curt

[thecatspajamas]

Speaking of which, hate to keep bugging you Brandon, but any updates on the book?

[BrandonG]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

Speaking of which, hate to keep bugging you Brandon, but any updates on the book?

Smithsonian books is one of the interested publishers so that's good news, planning a final trip back to Cooperstown, with a stop in DC to meet with Smithsonian people and then hopefully we get this thing to print! Writing a book is hard lol.

I was going to post a thread on here soon, I NEED BOXES! AL & NL, Reach, Spalding, Rawlings.

[deebro041]

We appreciate your great work Brandon! Looking forward to the final result!
Dan

[Rawlings]

Originally Posted by horzverti

Thanks Brandon. It is somewhat tough to find good pictures and info on the NL Heydler ball online. There are definitely more pics of the AL ball out there. I'll keep searching. I plan on buying a copy of your book in near future as well. It'll look great in the research library. Thanks again!

Curt

Here you go: http://photos.bigleaguebaseballs.com/
Both are pictured. The Harridge was one I owned, so pics are much better. Since you asked for value, I'll can say that I sold the Harridge for $595 (Ebay) without box. I've seen the Heydler sell for around $300 BIN - a steal in my opinion. I missed it. I saw one other Harridge in similar condition, with box, sell for over $700 if I recall correctly.

I'm sure I've missed or forgotten other sales, but there haven't been many. Since I started adding the vintage baseballs to my collection. I've seen very few examples of either unused, unsigned in great condition or better, but I hadn't been looking for those two for very long, maybe 5 years.

[horzverti]

Originally Posted by Rawlings

Here you go: http://photos.bigleaguebaseballs.com/
Both are pictured. The Harridge was one I owned, so pics are much better. Since you asked for value, I'll can say that I sold the Harridge for $595 (Ebay) without box. I've seen the Heydler sell for around $300 BIN - a steal in my opinion. I missed it. I saw one other Harridge in similar condition, with box, sell for over $700 if I recall correctly.

I'm sure I've missed or forgotten other sales, but there haven't been many. Since I started adding the vintage baseballs to my collection. I've seen very few examples of either unused, unsigned in great condition or better, but I hadn't been looking for those two for very long, maybe 5 years.

Thank you very much for the info Rawlings. Interestingly, I have been consistently informed recently that the Heydler ball is the more valuable of the two. Then again I have been hearing a range of values from $50 (from those who want to buy one or both) up to $1,500 for the pair. So the values and info is over the map.

By the way, I like your website. Lots of great pics and info.

Now that I have gathered a lot of info that I need, I am ready to give them a new home. Most likely they will be offered on eBay. I am open to negotiating a Buy it Now price for one or both. If I don't hear anything, I'll probably start them in separate auctions for 99¢ and see what happens.

Thanks to everyone for the info. I really do appreciate how much great discussion and info passes through this board.

Curt

[Rawlings]

Hey Curt,

No problem. I'd definitely say the Heydler has seemed more scarce since I've started collecting - and in any condition signed or unsigned. My post was probably a bit misleading. I saw just one sell for $300, which was a shock. The seller probably didn't know what they had.

I'd be willing to pay $700+ for a near mint, unsigned 1933 Heydler if I had the funds. I do think it's more valuable. And, it was only used for about 1 season, so it's reasonable to think it's much more scarce than that Harridge, which was used longer.