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Posted By: Jiame Leiderman

According to Mark Allen Baker in his book: "Team Baseballs, A Comprehensive Guido to Autographed Baseballs", tests conducted on Official League baseballs using "Sharpie" markers have shown major surface bleeding twice the thickness of the signature in less than five years.

If shellacked, the surface will tend to chip resulting in permanent damage.

My advice is to store the baseball in a "Ball Cube" and pray...