Hi folks - For years, my dad collected autographed baseballs. He bought a few off of QVC and he got many signed through the mail and at minor league games. He gave me four boxes of baseballs a few years ago before he passed away, and quite honestly, I just have nowhere to put them. I am in the process of getting some money together for a reasonably large purchase, so I would like to sell these as a lot (along with a few that were mine). There are A LOT of big names here. I will give you a description of the baseballs. Many are in seemingly perfect condition, and others show some signs of age. Every one of them is in some sort of baseball cube or display. They all seem to be in great shape (I think one is cracked out of 98). I'm asking $1500 for the entire lot, shipped. That's not a lot, when you consider how many balls there are, and considering how many of these guys are deceased, Hall of Famers, or both. Heck, someone with more time than I can devote to this could probably sell half of them and get their money back. Paypal gift or check is great. If paying by paypal regular, please add 3%. Here's what is included:
Sandy Koufax - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature Official National League (Wm White) ball. Looks great!
David Justice - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Johnny Bench - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official National League (Coleman) ball - Sweet spot - Showing yellowing on ball.
Mickey Mantle - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official American League Ball - Sweet spot - Showing yellowing on ball - Has an UD authenticated hologram on the ball.
Johnny Vandermeer - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet Spot - Looks great!
Carlos Delgado - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - minor scuff on side of ball not near signature
Joe Adc-ock - Felt tip pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Fading a lot
Stan Musial - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official National League (Giamatti) ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Fred Lynn and Rod Carew - Both signed in blue ballpoint - I got this in person in 1983 at an Angels game. It was a foul ball, so it has scuffs. Some yellowing.
Willie Mays - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official National League Ball (White) - Sweet spot - Minor scuffing not near signature - Still looks great!
Tony Gwynn - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Jake Gibbs - Blue ballpoint pen signature - minor ink splotch on "J" and "k" in "Jake" - Official League ball - Sweet spot - Looks nice.
Multisigned ball by Reggie Jackson, Yogi Berra, Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Bob Watson, Jim Spencer, Ron Guidry, and Frank Robinson - I got this in person in 1980 at a Spring Training game. It is showing its age, but it still presents nicely.
1984 Spring Training Expos vs Rangers ball - Another Spring Training ball I got in person - Showing its age, but still looks good. Many names you know like Hostetler, Pete O'Brien, Forster, Flynn, Bryn Smith, Buddy Bell, Henke, Francona, Ron Luciano (he sat next to me at the game with Terry Forster), Dave Stewart, Gary Ward, and many more (25 sigs in all).
Felipe Alou - Personalized to me from 1986 when he was manager of the West Palm Beach Expos - Official National League ball - black ballpoint pen - slight yellowing, but still presents well
Bob Feller and Lou Burdette - In person from 1988 - black ballpoint pen signatures - Official American League ball (Brown) - Looks great!
Mickey Vernon - Some sort of marker signature - fading badly - clean ball - Official League ball.
Marge Schott - Personalized to my dad (Terry) - black ballpoint pen - Sweet spot - clean ball
Jerry Lynch - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Cecil Travis - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
President Gerald Ford - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Walt Dropo - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature with "1950 R.O.Y." - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bob Lemon - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Al Dark - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Larry Sherry - Clean black ballpoint pen signature with "1959 World Series M.V.P." - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Jimmy Piersall - black ballpoint pen signature with minor fading - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Milt Bolling - Bluish/purply ballpoint pen signature not bold, but very legible - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Chuck Stobbs - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Tito Francona - Blue felt tip signature, fading - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Ball looks clean.
Bob Grim - Black ballpoint pen signature - kind of light, but I don't think it is fading - Added "1954 AL ROY" - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Howie Bedell - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bill Tuttle - Clean black sharpie signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Ed Yost - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Ron Hansen - Black ballpoint pen signature with "Rookie of the Year 1960 Unassisted Triple Play 1968" added - Official League ball - Looks great!
Dave Sisler - Black felt tip pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Vinegar Bend Mizell - Blue marker signature - Honestly, looks like crap - Official League Ball - Sweet spot
Hank Sauer - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Added "NL 1952 MVP" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bob Shaw - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bobby Valentine - Clean black ballpoint pen signature "To Terry 3/96 added" - Official League Ball - Looks great!
Steve Blass - Clean black Sharpie signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bob Thorpe - Blue felt tip signature - Fading - Official League Ball - Sweet spot
Gene Mauch - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bob Turley - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Frank Howard - Clean black ballpoint pen signature Added "1968 1970 AL HR King" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bob Friend - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bill Rogell - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Added "1935 World Series Champs Detroit Tigers" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Roy McMillan - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Virgil Trucks - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Ron Cey - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Sparky Anderson - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Don Larsen - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Added "10-8-56" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Carl Erskine - Black pen signature - Added " Dodgers 1948-1959" - Fading badly
Roy Sievers - Clean blue pen signature - Added "ROY 1949" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Ralph Branca - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Small yellowish splotch above signature, but not part of it
Dock Ellis - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Looks great!
Al Downing - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Added "To Terry, Best Wishes" on other side of the ball - Looks great!
Tracy Stallard - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Milt Pappas - Weak black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot
Herb Score - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Tom Lasorda - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature with "To Terry- Good Luck 1/7/96" added - Official League Ball - Looks great!
Bill Virdon - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Maury Wills - Clean blue Sharpie signature - Added "30 MVP 62" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Don Liddle - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Doug Radar - Clean black Sharpie signature - Official League Ball - Looks great!
Tom Tresh - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Added "1962 AL Rookie of the Year" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Lou Boudreau - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Al Spangler - Black ballpoint pen signature - Very slight smudge on "A" in "Al" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Dick Groat - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Tom Glavine - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official National League Ball (Wm White)- Sweet spot - Looks great!
John Sain - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Added "Pray For Rain" on other panel - Looks great!
Billy Martin - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official American League Ball - Sweet spot - signed on 6-27-75 - Game details on ball - Fabulous!
Art Carney - Clean black Sharpie signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Ron Guidry - Clean blue Marker signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Joe Hauser - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Added his entire career highlights - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Tim McCarver - Faded blue marker signature - Sweet spot - Official League Ball
Joey Jay - Blue marker signature - Official League Ball - Not a bad signature, but not spectacular either
George Strickland - Black felt tip signature with "Best wishes" - bleeding a little, but very clear - Official League ball
Jack Hamilton - Clean blue pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Goose Gossage - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Added "To Terry, a great baseball fan!" - Looks great!
Crash Rogers - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature "To Sam" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Larry Bowa - Clean black Sharpie signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bob Skinner - Clean black Sharpie signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bob Spence - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Frank Lary - Slightly faded black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot
Cliff Floyd - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Enos Slaughter - Clean blue pen signature - Added "HOF 1980" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - An older ball, but still nice
Johnny Blanchard - Slightly bleeding blue pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot
Bill N-----? - Faded blue marker signature "To Terry" - Not sure who this is - still a decent signature, just not a player I recognize
Bob Doerr - Slightly faded black ballpoint pen signature - Added "HOF 96" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Pete Gray - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Bobby Thomson - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Added "Oct 3, 1951" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Paul Foytack - Clean black ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Jim Kaat - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great (well, as great as Jim Kaat's signature looks anyway...)
Bill Monboquette - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Added "To Terry All the Best" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Phil Niekro - Black ballpoint signature - Added "Sam - Good Luck to you" - Official League Ball - Looks great!
Bob Boyd - Clean blue pen signature - Added "Memphis Red Sox" - Official League Ball - Sweet spot - Looks great!
Robin Roberts - Clean blue ballpoint pen signature - Official National League Ball (Coleman)- Sweet spot - yellow spots on panel above signature (not affecting it) - this is the one broken case.
I've got quite a few of the baseballs pictured at
http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Sam_Lemoine/library/ . Fair offers will certainly be considered. I would prefer NOT to break up the lot at this time, if at all possible, but money talks, so... I'll give this a few days here before going to the bay. Thanks for looking!
Sam