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Old 06-27-2011, 02:34 PM
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Default Can Anyone Identify This Baseball

I will be the first to admit that I know absolutely nothing about baseballs.

Can anyone here identify the baseball in the below photo and when it was produced? It contains some markings. Thank you.

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Old 06-27-2011, 02:39 PM
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looks like some fake sigs of ruth and cobb with a bic pen.
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Old 06-27-2011, 02:43 PM
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looks like some fake sigs of ruth and cobb with a bic pen.
I know the autographs are forgeries. It's a Morales certed piece of crap. I just need to know when that particular baseball was produced. Thank you.
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Old 06-28-2011, 11:31 PM
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Well it says Horsehide on the top panel so its pre 1977. Any photo's of the sweetspot logo?
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It's got Ruth on it, so I would hope they would have sense enough to use a pre-1948 ball. But maybe that's where this is leading...
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Old 06-29-2011, 10:06 AM
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Corey Leiby of www.antiqueathlete.com wrote me the following:

It appears that after the last "5" in the model number their is a registered trademark symbol known as a rabol (an R in a circle.) If that is the case, there is no need to go any further because that was not used until the 1960's.

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The stitching and hole punch size doesn't looks 40's. And the quality of the black stamping looks very 1960s-1970s to me.
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Old 06-29-2011, 01:49 PM
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The stitching and hole punch size doesn't looks 40's. And the quality of the black stamping looks very 1960s-1970s to me.
Thank you, Brandon. That was my initial suspicion even though I know absolutely nothing about baseballs.
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Seems like an early 70's or late 60's baseball to me. I know Morales is a piece of crap, but my god, those signatures are horrific.

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Yeah that registered trademark "R" in a circle is a giveaway. I was trying to look it up this AM when i saw the posting but couldn't find it in time and had to leave for work. i knew that was a fairly modern thing. Is that for sure that it started in the '60's?
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Old 06-29-2011, 10:23 PM
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Great job investigating, TTIOT!

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How are these guys not shut down yet?
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Old 06-30-2011, 08:16 AM
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Great job investigating, TTIOT!

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Thank you, DanC.

We all love the below "1919 Blacksox" signed baseball that was "Forensically Examined" by Christopher L. Morales, Forensic Investigator.

http://www.myccsa.com/Lot.aspx?LotID=274939

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The current high bid is $232.00.
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Old 06-30-2011, 08:36 AM
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I think they had ANOTHER one w more sigs not long back, that included Comiskey and Ring Lardner too, I think.

It amazes me how they get these wonderful pieces. The Roaches is the place to go..for your BLATANT HELPING OF WORTHLESS GARBAGE
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