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Help with a vintage ball and box
I am hoping someone can help me identify this ball. I collect Goldsmith baseball items and havent seen this one before. It is a #97 top of the line ball but instead of Official 97 League it says Professional Baseball Fund on the sweet spot. Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
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The Professional Baseball Fund was set up by Ford Frick in 1957 to help out minor league teams which were struggling at the time because of televised major league baseball. It was part of Frick's "Save the Minors" program.
Cool baseball and one I've not seen before.
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Thanks for the info. My only question is that it seems to predate the Frick baseball fund. Goldsmith was bought out by MacGregor right after WWII and stopped manufacturing products under their name. Everything was made under the Macgregor-Goldsmith name and then Goldsmith name was dropped in the early 1950s and the line became solely Macgregor. The ball and box are only stamped Goldsmith?????
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Here is a photo of the Goldsmith Logo....I have no idea what this ball could be from everything is stamped at the same time so I don't know if it could have been old stock?
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Are you certain that the ball and box go together?
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Im 99% sure they do
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