Okay, so the title was mainly to lure Brandon in to pick his brain, but if anyone else can help as well, please chime in:
I've got a couple of "miniature" baseballs (approx. 2-1/4" diameter if I'm eyeballing them right) that I picked up on the cheap and am having trouble dating them due to the wear and flaking shellac on each. On other mini baseballs I've had, the printed markings matched up to their regular-sized counterparts, so I'm hoping that is the case here as well.
First one is a Reach, and the second is a Spalding, possibly dating to the same time period as I picked them up as a pair.
And no, I did not perform the aftermarket paperweight transformation. I've seen a couple of others in the past with gaping holes in them, and now I know why
