[CJ_56]

I know forgers can go a long way but with the load of stuff I saw that wasn't being marketed and with the proximity to the Reds here and the large number of Reds autographs they had the story I got was just too much for a forgery. I know that counts for squat to anyone else but it's the reason I was convinced in the first place. I saw the collection. We considered buying more of it but to be honest none of it compared to the two balls we did get. So again they would have had to spend time forging autographs no one wants too. And we know the person and her family. It was a bunch of evidence that I know doesn't mean anything to anyone but me. I just came here to remove that last small amount of doubt I had. The reason I had that small doubt was because I know forgers can go to great lengths. But to forge a bunch of autographs on one ball when single signed balls sell for much more was another brick in the wall too. It's clearly legit.

I was hoping for more value than the $200 though. That will make me think real hard about sending the ball off to PSA and spending about $135 to get it checked. Considering my wife paid $75 for the ball it doesn't seem like a smart business move.

BTW I don't think they deliberately collected HOF players. It just worked out that way. My guess is they got Perez to sign the ball quite a while back. For one thing I have a Reds ball with signatures of players who played there in the 60's including at least one that has been dead for 19 years (Vada Pinson). There are several players who wouldn't have been invited to any autograph shows too. They weren't particularly good players like for example Woody Woodward and Pat Corrales. Then there was Jay Ritchie who played one year in Cincy, 1968, and was hardly a stellar performer. Some of these autographs have to go back a long way. That Reds ball is a Spalding with Warren Giles as the National League president.