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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on July 17, 2014 at 6:12am

My pleasure, Frankie. When I first started collecting over 20 years ago now, I made some mistakes and went the inexpensive route with synthetic baseballs. I wish someone had warned me back then! Happy collecting! :-)

Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on July 16, 2014 at 3:23am

My first comment is these are on "China" balls... For that reason alone I would avoid.

I have a rookie Nova signature from 2 years ago and it looks nothing like this example. Not even close. Perhaps Nova has changed his signature since.... I don't know.

Permalink Reply by Frankie Turner on July 16, 2014 at 5:19am

I have a rookie Nova sig as well and it does look different than what he is doing now but you're right it looks more sloppy than the one I know for a fact is real. I'll take pics of the two I know are real in a minute.

Permalink Reply by Frankie Turner on July 16, 2014 at 5:32am

here are two cards with  2 different sigs. The first his rookie sig on topps chrome and the 2nd what I think this ball is attempting to do is on a triple threads card from last year I think. I hope this pic isn't too bad.

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Permalink Reply by Frankie Turner on July 16, 2014 at 5:38am

also, I didn't even really notice the china mark. How cheap are those balls anyway? just curious because all my sigs on balls are on Rawlings official MLB ball. My Mantle ball is an OMLB but the ball was made in Costa rica but the sig is legit.

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on July 16, 2014 at 5:45am

the gooden ball is authentic.  he would not be a target for forgers, typically, because the supply exceeds the demand for his signature.

Permalink Reply by Frankie Turner on July 16, 2014 at 5:55am

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