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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on February 12, 2014 at 5:23am

Agreed, but say it is real, without authentication or any real proof of signing I'm sure people would treat it like trash. 

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Permalink Reply by Rich on February 12, 2014 at 10:31am

What kind of genius would meet Paul McCartney and ask for him to sign a baseball anyway?  In addition to it just being odd, it's not like he routinely signs the things, so you'll probably get an unusual example at best.

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Permalink Reply by GraphingMlb on February 12, 2014 at 10:33am

The same type of genius that has baseballs signed by various world leaders that end up in Presidential Libraries and museums i suppose.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on February 12, 2014 at 10:37am

I kind of get the novelty factor, but given McCartney's body of work and the fact that baseballs are probably not the most common thing to get signed . . . I'd rather have him sign a flat anything.  Even a piece of paper.

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Permalink Reply by N.Daniel on February 12, 2014 at 5:43pm

I understand why you get presidents on baseball's because they threw out the whole first pitch, or even like tom hanks or charlie sheen who did baseball movies but to get anybody else i just never understood that...but whatever floats your boat!

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Bautista on February 12, 2014 at 5:46pm

Mccartney sells out baseball stadiums . Haha . Jk . There is a huge market for autographs on baseballs or golf balls . I know a guy who only collects signed baseballs by hollywoods stars , music, authors, astronauts , football players , etc . If there wasnt a market for it then nobody would get them signed .

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Permalink Reply by Eric Richardson on April 10, 2016 at 6:46pm

My cousin was once a Secret Service agent in the White House, and offered to have to get a photo, that I had recently purchased of G,W, Bush throwing out a 1st pitch at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, signed by taking it to work. I thanked him for the offer, and gave him a MLB baseball instead. He blushed and asked why...I told him, because you can't sign a curved surface using an auto-pen!!! ... Never did get that baseball back!

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Permalink Reply by Randy on February 12, 2014 at 10:36am

Agreed, I have never seen his autograph on a baseball before.

I could see him making very little effort to sign a legible autograph especially if on the run.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 12, 2014 at 10:47am

I just posted an image of the ball being discussed. Tony, if you posted anything besides the link at the top, I may have inadvertantly deleted it. Please add it back or send it to me and I'll put it back in.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 12, 2014 at 10:50am

The "Paul" and the "M" have the signs of the way McCartney signs to me. Again, rough but it's on a baseball, which he's not used to signing.

I think that if an authenticator thinks an autograph is genuine it's their duty to certify it as such. Let the marketplace decide what it's worth.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Gillespie on February 12, 2014 at 10:58am

Thx for adding the photo.  I didn't have any text when I added the eBay link. 

I can't find one example that can even, with squinted eyes, come close to being similar.  Just my opinion, though, and hey, what do I know?!?  ha ha

Thx for weighing in.  I thought the ball was laughable, but if I have found out one thing about autographs it's this:  There will ALWAYS be someone to say "that looks good," and always someone to say "that looks like garbage."  No matter WHAT the autograph in question is.

Without an LOA, I truly believe this ball would have gotten pulled as fake, but again, who am I to say?

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Permalink Reply by Rich on February 12, 2014 at 11:02am

There appears to be a tendency for both JSA and PSA to authenticate items based purely on their trust of the source.  I assume that's what happened here.

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