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Originally Posted by yanks12025
Well I'm upset that they couldn't do anything, yet with that Yankee ball they could when mine is in better shape.
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I think it has more to do with the condition of the leather in relation to the ink of the signatures than the overall "condition" of the ball. Yours looks to have more areas where the leather is abraded, meaning in those areas the part of the leather that bore the ink is actually gone. In my limited experience with using black lights to increase visibility of signatures, it also helps if the ball is more white and does not work as well with balls that are deeply toned. I'm not sure if that holds true for other wavelengths. I'm sure that JSA did what they could, but even with their sophisticated array of lights they're not magicians. It was worth a try (well, I guess depending on how much it cost), but you have to admit it was a long shot at best.