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Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector
I know little about fountain pens, but it doesn't look like it was written with a fountain pen. What are you trying to determine? If it is an authentic ball that could have been hit by Collins?
Eddie Collins with Chicago WS would put it 1915 to 1926. Are there any signs of this being a Reach OAL ball from that period? any markings left on the ball?
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Yes Correct.
From what I see I believe it matches the
http://keymancollectibles.com/balls/...uebaseball.htm
Based on font and font size of official.
Below the Official looks like the Top part of L in league. That font was not used past the 1925 Reach Ban Johnson
Official American League Baseball
The markings that I can see are as follows.