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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on September 15, 2014 at 2:07pm

Those are hand signed signatures.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on September 15, 2014 at 2:07pm

But yes, in regards to souvenir stamped balls, I'm sure all teams had them.

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Permalink Reply by Travis Wallace on September 15, 2014 at 2:13pm

Thank you, Mike.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on September 15, 2014 at 2:58pm

No problem, just a little trick you can use:

Authentic hand signed baseballs: will almost always (99.9999%) of the time have signatures that are overlapping.

Stamped souvenir baseballs: almost always have signatures that do not touch each other and have their signatures positioned at perfect angles. 

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Permalink Reply by Dane on September 15, 2014 at 3:56pm

Unless you're positive the Mantle isn't a clubhouse, I'm not sure that's worth anywhere near $4000, though. The Ed Lopat shows shellac chipping, so I'd assume the other parts of the ball may look even worse. Also, once shellac starts to degrade, I'm not sure the process can be reversed. Even if the Mantle *is* good, I couldn't see the ball being worth more than $1500 with the condition issues present.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on September 15, 2014 at 4:14pm

I think Dane is right on regarding the pricing.  This is a world championship ball, in decent shape for the age, but the price they are asking is more than double what I believe the market will pay.  I recently purchased a 1953 yankee team signed ball, not as nice as this one, but paid about 1/10 what they are asking.

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on September 15, 2014 at 5:51pm

awesome Terrier,

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