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Joe DiMaggio signed baseball

So what do you think? Is it authentic?

Thanks in advance!

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on December 19, 2016 at 5:53pm

I see the opening post ball is 244 dollars with around 20 minutes no bids. It comes with a National Pastime cert. I didn't know they sent them out. I never received any years ago when I bought a few items when they did some of the first private signings with Carl Hubbell,Charlie Gehringer or Cool PaPa bell.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 20, 2016 at 7:49am

You occasionally see these blue marker signed DiMaggio baseballs on the market. I have one in my collection and love it.

Marker on a ball is usually less than optimal, but these really pop and look great. At this point, if they haven't bled or faded significantly, they probably won't. Thumbs up.

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Permalink Reply by James on December 20, 2016 at 7:49pm

I agree, Steve. Many of them are rather eye-catching, often really standing out boldly. About 12 years ago, while I was in a local sports collectibles store I used to frequent, an older regular customer brought in one of these blue-marker Joe D. balls. As I was admiring it, he said he would sell it to me for $120 if I wanted it. He said he got it in-person several years before. He was a good guy, who was friends with the owner, and I knew he was telling the truth...so at that price, I jumped at the chance.

Unfortunately, when the economy tanked in 2008, I decided to sell it to another local dealer who gave me $225 for it. So now I'm DiMaggio-less, and starting to feel the need to snag another one.