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Permalink Reply by John Spillane on April 3, 2018 at 6:44pm

I'll pass!

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on April 3, 2018 at 7:14pm

very hard to tell with the thick marker.  Could be good, just not sure.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Everett on April 4, 2018 at 12:08pm

Is it worth sending off to be authenticated? If it is an obvious fake, I won't waste the money. I've seen some not great opinions of PSA and JSA, but it does add resale value.

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on April 4, 2018 at 12:42pm

I think it's an obvious fake. When was the last time that Ted would have signed so meticulously and with perfect legibility? Late 90s? Thick, dark sharpie ink on a porous surface, a baseball, signed say 20 years ago? Without feathering? Without even a trace of that ample ink soaking outward? I don't know how that's possible. The thick sharpie was used in an effort to disguise any tells in a forgery. The ink here and the lack of any perceptible spread after supposedly 20 years is the tell.

And as a very strong forgery, very practiced, JSA or PSA might very well pass it, if they don't take into consideration the ink vs. the relative medium under it.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Everett on April 4, 2018 at 2:17pm

The ball came with a ticket to a card show.  Hit King Marketing Inc presents Supershow 2 “Yesterday’s Heroes” Ted Williams.  It has his signing schedule on it.  The date of the show was June 24, 1989.  I guess I’ve had it for about 10 years myself.  I wondered why there wasn’t any bleed on it, but it looks more like a paint pen than a sharpie in person.

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Permalink Reply by John Spillane on April 4, 2018 at 12:49pm

Hey Jeremy, Well, we haven't established that its fake, and If you do send it off to have it authenticated, and comes it back that bad, then you're out $150.00

You could go to PSA website for a quick opinion. Cost you $10.00

https://www.psacard.com/store/t-quickopinionebay.aspx

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on April 4, 2018 at 4:04pm

good suggestion John, you are correct, we have not established it as an obvious fake.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on April 4, 2018 at 4:11pm

I see good and bad with it also, The bottom area of the T and the W,Im not fussy for. But the general flow and overall seem ok haha. If I was buying though, I would go elsewhere!

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Everett on April 4, 2018 at 4:35pm

I went to do that but it says Quick Opinion is only for active auctions.  Is there another way, other than setting up a sale on eBay?

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Permalink Reply by John Spillane on April 4, 2018 at 7:36pm

Jeremy,  Put the ball up for sale on eBay. Then get an quick opinion from PSA and then you can take it back down again. Just a suggestion.

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