1966 San Francisco Giants Ball! Real or Clubhouse Signed?

Hello All! I have a ball signed by the 1966 San Francisco Giants. My father acquired the ball from an uncle in the 1970s. As I have been doing some research for him about it, I have come across the term clubhouse signed balls. I'm sure a couple of these signatures were signed by someone other then the ball player, but what are you guys thoughts. I tried to get good quality pictures, but at times it was hard to set the focus on the sig.

Some of the key players are: Mays, McCovey, Cepeda, Marichal, Perry
P.S. I am not trying to sell this or anything, I would just like some of your opinions because I believe you all are very knowledgeable about the hobby.

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Permalink Reply by Nick on August 17, 2013 at 7:57pm

More pics

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 18, 2013 at 2:28pm

the Giants ball is stamped.

Permalink Reply by Nick on August 17, 2013 at 8:08pm

BTW, during my research, I came across some of these links from PSA's website from older signatures from some of the players.  A lot of them look close, but unfortunately, I'm not as well versed as some of you are and cannot tell.

http://www.psaautographfacts.com/AutographDetail/418/gaylord-perry

http://www.psaautographfacts.com/AutographDetail/32/willie-mays

http://www.psaautographfacts.com/AutographDetail/397/juan-marichal

http://www.psaautographfacts.com/AutographDetail/387/willie-mccovey

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Permalink Reply by Nick on August 18, 2013 at 1:28pm

Ahh I had never heard of that term before. Thanks for telling me about it. I have some of those kind of balls from the 1990s, but I didn't think they did that all the way back then. After I researched it some more, I think your right. For one, it is not an official national league baseball, and you are correct that it seems the signatures are all in the same ink.

I have two other balls from 1966. One is a mets signed ball and the other is a dodgers. These are both national league balls and from the information you've given me/I've researched, it looks like these were actually signed by the team. Would you mind taking a look at them and tell me what you think?

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 18, 2013 at 2:30pm

The Walt Alston is clubhouse

Permalink Reply by Nick on August 18, 2013 at 1:30pm

Here are some more from the dodger ball

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Permalink Reply by Nick on August 18, 2013 at 1:33pm

Here is the mets ball

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Permalink Reply by Nick on August 18, 2013 at 4:34pm

Well thanks for taking a look them guys, I really appreciate it. I figured some of the autos weren't real, but that's ok. At least I know what they are now.

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