1949 Dodgers Team Signed Baseball

[magic1313]

I recently bought a Dodgers team signed baseball that I believe to be from 1949 given the presence of Luis Almo and Roy Campanella. Based on the provenance of the ball I believe it is authentic. There are a few autographs that I cannot identify. Pics of the ball along with the sigs I can identify can be seen at http://mmmm13.com/DodgersBaseball Preacher Roe and Chuck Connors seem to be the only key figures that did not sign the ball. I think one of the autographs belongs to Don Newcombe but am not really 100% sure. If people could take a look at the ball and the sigs and let me know there thoughts and maybe a possible value it would be appreciated.

[mr2686]

Can't say if it's authentic or not, but the sweetspot is B.E. Shotton (Burt Shotton) the teams manager from (1947, 1948-50).

[mr2686]

Also, the one under Mike McCormick might be Preacher Roe using a form of his given name Elwin Charles Roe.

[rlevy]

Yes, that is Bruce Shotton, manager, Preacher Roe using some variation of his first and middle names, and that is also Don Newcombe's signature as well. The other two I can add are coaches Milt Stock and Jake Pitler.

Rick

[rlevy]

Also, I'm pretty sure that the one under Furillo is Gene Hermanski.
Ball looks authentic to me, I don't see any obvious clubhouse signatures either.

Rick

[magic1313]

Wow so the ball does have Preacher Roe on it. Thank you for all the info. I will update my site shortly to reflect the new info. The person who this ball came from was the owner of an Ice Cream company that supplied all of the Major League Ballparks. I bought other memorabilia like Gloves and the Mickey Mantle Yoo Hoo Card.

UPDATE: Just googled Gene Hermanski and that is his autograph under Farillo. The H is a dead give away. So the only Key autograph missing is Chuck Connors. Wonder why he didn;t sign?

[mr2686]

Connors only played one game for Brooklyn so it may be as simple as he wasn't with the team when this was signed...or maybe he just didn't like signing. Don't know for sure, but to me, it's not a make or break for this nice ball.

[magic1313]

You are correct. I just looked at Chuck Connors stats and he only played one game for the Dodgers and only had one AB in which he grounded into a double play. I wonder why he is listed as a key autograph for 1949 other than the fact that he had a very short baseball career and is probably a hard autograph to find. I love this baseball and had been after it for quite some time. I got it for what I consider to be a nice bargain. I have seen 1949 Team signed Dodgers balls go anywhere from $500 up to $1700. It looks like Keyman Collectibles just updated their value to $900-$1500, where do you think this ball would fall on the scale. The ball is in great condition. Most of the autographs are pretty strong but the Jackie in Jackie Robinson is a little faded as is Dick Whitman. All the other Autos seem pretty strong and even the faded ones are still clear and pretty easy to read.

[rlevy]

Ball would probably go for $1000-1300 in an auction if it was authenticated as not having any clubhouse sigs. Chuck Connors does add value, just because of the novelity factor of being able to have a unique 1949 baseball.

You say you got some gloves from this source, mind my asking what you got?

[magic1313]

I did post them in another topic but below is a link to the pics of the gloves. Gloves have been cleaned since taking the pictures. I will also post a link to the Mantle card that also came from the same collection.

Gloves
http://mmmm13.com/vintagegloves

Mantle
http://mmmm13.com/mantle