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Originally Posted by swarmee
If I squint close enough, it looks like "Presented to Cooperstown, NY Baseball ____ Assn" but yeah, not a good photograph. Are some of the balls from complete games? I can see 9 IN listed on them. The bottom right looks like "Johnson" to me.
Here's the pic if you can't find it:
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The "Johnson" is the Ban Johnson signature stamp on an American League ball. That along with the two stamped "WARRANTED The Cork Center 9 IN 5 OZ" seem to be pre-1924 American League balls. The top left ball looks to be black and red stitched so it might be a pre-1933 National League ball (sort of looks like a circular Spalding stamp towards the top).
Cool lot, whatever the inscriptions are. If the rest of the ball and the stampings are in decent shape, the balls themselves would be a pretty good deal at that price.