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Old 10-06-2024, 12:04 PM
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Personally I think “horsehide orbs” would be more effective.

Someone reading could think a baseball is oval or even made from pigskin. This clear that up nicely.



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Originally Posted by puckpaul View Post
Not unique to Goldin, but the hyperbole in many of the descriptions is just too over the top. For most people who are bidding on these big lots, the sales job is unnecessary:


The assessment is due to even corner wear (with a few diminutive surface abrasions near several corners) and some negligible toning on both sides, none of which compromising the resounding central image that can literally take your breath away.

Worthy of a final resting place in the most esteemed rookie card gathering, we cannot even begin to estimate the lofty value

revealing the one and only Bambino in a classic pitching pose long before he would be walloping horsehide spheres into Yankee Stadium’s grandstands.


“Horsehide spheres”??! Lol
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