A young man and I have been chatting about a 1963 Dodgers ball I purchased about 30 years ago from Rich Altman at a Gloria Rothstein show. The Dodgers were World Champions in 1963, Skowron's only year with the team.
He has been looking for a single signed Sandy Koufax ball in which he signed on the sweetspot during his playing days, and I have told him it is unlikely to exist as the sweetspot was reserved for the managers. I have seen Drysdale and a few others share the sweetspot with Alston, but I have never seen Koufax do so. However, the ball I purchased has no labels and thus 2 sweetspots, and Alston has signed one, and Koufax has signed the other. In addition, there is a second Koufax signature at the bottom pf one panel. The ball isn't in bad shape but a few of the signatures have faded from view, even though it has never been in direct light. I have never seen another Koufax signature on the sweetspot that could be verified as having been signed during his playing days, but maybe others have.
All comments and opinions, especially regarding value, would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Rick
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