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Thoughts on these balls - 1948 Giants & 1950 Boston Braves

Came across a few balls from 1948/1950...any thoughts on authenticity? some ink looks kinda dark, i suspect stamping...or was it just the type of pen used?

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Permalink Reply by Randy on April 17, 2014 at 6:26pm

These look to be legitimate team signed balls but there are likely some clubhouse signatures on them. Definitely not stamped autographs. They look to be pretty nice. Signed with a fountain pen.

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Permalink Reply by David S on April 17, 2014 at 8:14pm

Cool. Thanks Randy! Any ones in particular you suspect are clubhouse?

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Permalink Reply by Randy on April 18, 2014 at 6:46pm

I am not familiar enough with these teams to give specific opinions but most team signed balls from this era have clubhouse signatures as it was unlikely for all players to be present when team balls were signed and clubhouse personnel often filled in the missing players.

These balls don't have huge stars other than Spahn, Frisch, and Mize so it is certainly possible they are all legitimate but again I rarely see balls from this era with this many signatures in which some are not deemed clubhouse by the so called expert authenticators.